Coded data generation or conversion – Converter calibration or testing
Reexamination Certificate
2009-12-08
2011-12-20
Lauture, Joseph (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Converter calibration or testing
C341S161000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08081096
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a signal generating apparatus comprising a DA converter that outputs an output signal corresponding to input data supplied thereto; a sample/hold unit that is provided between the DA converter and an output end of the signal generating apparatus, and that samples an output voltage of the DA converter and holds the sampled output voltage; a comparing section that compares (i) a level of a signal output from an analog circuit that propagates the output signal to output a signal corresponding to the input data to (ii) a level of the signal output by the DA converter; and a control section that, during a holding period, (iii) provides the DA converter with comparison data instead of the input data to cause the DA converter to output a comparison voltage corresponding to the comparison data, (iv) causes the comparing section to compare a voltage of the signal output by the analog circuit to the comparison voltage, and (v) adjusts the output voltage of the DA converter according to the input data based on a comparison result of the comparing section.
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Chen Yoshimura LLP
Lauture Joseph
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