Digital to analog converter circuit and digital to analog conversion method
AssigneeRichtek Technology Corporation
InventorsMing-Jun Hsiao, Zong-Yi Chen
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AssigneeRichtek Technology Corporation
InventorsMing-Jun Hsiao, Zong-Yi Chen
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A DAC circuit includes: a PWM encoding circuit for converting a digital signal to first and second PWM signals, whereby a combination of the first and second PWM signals becomes a PWM encoded signal of at least 3 levels including a positive, a zero and a negative level, wherein the digital signal represents a number in a numerical range; and a demodulation circuit for generating the analog signal according to the first and second PWM signals. The first and second PWM signals have a minimum duty larger than 0 when the digital signal represents a middle number in the numerical range. The zero level of the combination of the first and second PWM signals has a duty which decreases as a difference between the number represented by the digital signal and the middle number increases.
A Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) circuit, configured to operably convert a digital signal to an analog output signal, wherein the digital signal is an input signal to the DAC circuit or a modulated signal generated from the input signal, the digital signal representing a number in a numerical range, the DAC circuit comprising:
A digital to analog conversion method, for converting a digital signal to an analog output signal, wherein the digital signal is an input signal to a DAC circuit or a modulated signal generated from the input signal, the digital signal representing a number in a numerical range, the method comprising:
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