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US 2020/0091928 A1Published application
Digital to analog converter, method for driving the same, and display device
AssigneeBoe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsTangxiang WANG, Chen SONG, Zhan GAO
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Abstract
A digital to analog converter, a method for driving the same, and a display device are provided. The digital to analog converter includes: a first resistor string, 2m first multiplexers, a first voltage selector, a second resistor string, a second voltage selector, and a second multiplexer, where the 2m first multiplexers, the first voltage selector, and the second voltage selector operate in cooperation with each other so that the entire second resistor string can be connected in series to the first resistor string for further division.
Claims10
A digital to analog converter, comprising:
- a first resistor string, 2m first multiplexers, a first voltage selector, a second resistor string, a second voltage selector, and a second multiplexer, wherein:
- the first resistor string comprises:
- 2m pairs of first resistors and first switches connected in series between a high-voltage reference signal terminal and a low-voltage reference signal terminal, wherein the first resistors have same resistance, and the first switches are initially turned on;
- and the 2m first resistors constitute (2m+1) first voltage dividing ends, the (2m+1) first voltage dividing ends one-to-one corresponding to (2m+1) input-output ends of the first voltage selector, wherein 2m first voltage dividing ends are one-to-one coupled with 2m input-output ends through the 2m first multiplexers, and the remaining one first voltage dividing end is coupled directly with the remaining one input-output end;
- the 2m first multiplexers are configured to connect the 2m input-output ends with control ends of their corresponding 2m first switches upon reception of a first control signal, and to connect the 2m input-output ends with their corresponding 2m first voltage dividing ends upon reception of a second control signal;
- the second resistor string comprises 2n second resistors connected in series between a high-voltage terminal of the first voltage selector and the second multiplexer, wherein a sum of the resistances of the 2n second resistors is equal to the resistance of a first resistor, and the 2n second resistors constitute 2n second voltage dividing ends;
- the second multiplexer is configured to connect a low-voltage terminal of the first voltage selector with ground upon reception of the first control signal, and to connect the low-voltage terminal of the first voltage selector with the second resistor string upon reception of the second control signal;
- the first voltage selector is configured to select one of the first switches to be turned off, according to a received m-bit digital signal when the low-voltage terminal is grounded, and to select the second resistor string, instead of the first resistor paired with the turned-off first switch, to be connected in series to the first resistor string, according to the received m-bit digital signal when the low-voltage terminal is connected with the second resistor string;
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- the second voltage selector is configured to select a voltage signal at one of the second voltage dividing ends for output, according to a received n-bit digital signal.
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