BIT CURRENT ADJUSTMENT

A low voltage sixteen bit digital-to-analog converter operable between +5 and -5 volt power supplies and capable of providing output voltage levels to within about 1.4 volts of +VCC and -VCC includes a circuit for external adjustment of the bit current of a particular bit of the digital-to-analog converter, which circuit produces a constant adjustment current that is summed with that bit current over a wide range of processing parameters and temperature, and requires only a single terminal for connection of an external potentiometer by means of which the bit current is adjusted and a small value filter capacitor for filtering out noise generated by an internal zener diode voltage reference circuit.