Digital-to-analog converter with temperature compensation
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorFranz Dielacher
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Abstract
A digital-to-analog converter with a voltage output includes means for applying a reference voltage, a resistance and switch network for converting a digital input code into an analog output current, an inverting operational amplifier connected to the network and negatively fed back by a feedback resistance and a reference current source formed by the reference voltage and a resistance determining the reference current, the reference current source being connected to the resistance and switch network for feeding the network.
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A digital-to-analog converter with a voltage output comprising means for applying a reference voltage, a resistance and switch network for converting a digital input code into an analog output current, an inverting operational amplifier connected to said network and negatively fed back by a feedback resistance, and a single reference current source formed by a reference voltage and a resistance determining the reference current, said resistance determining the reference current having a temperature drift which is the same as for said feedback resistance, said feedback resistance being connected in a negative feedback branch of said operational amplifier, and said reference current source being connected to said resistance and switch network for feeding the network.
A digital-to-analog converter with a voltage output comprising means for applying a reference voltage, a resistance and switch network for converting a digital input code into an analog output current, an inverting operational amplifier connected to said network and negatively fed back by a feedback resistance, and a reference current source formed by a reference voltage and a resistance determining the reference current, said reference current source being connected to said resistance and switch network for feeding the network, said reference current source being formed by a bipolar reference current source, and including a bipolar voltage source applied to said bipolar current source, said bipolar current source including a first current reflector having input and output transistors of one conductivity type and a second current reflector having input and output transistors of a conductivity type opposite to said one conductivity type, said current reflector being serially connected to one another, and said output transistors thereof being switchable off.
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