Self-Calibrated DAC with Reduced Glitch Mapping

A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a DAC may include a plurality of current-steering elements, wherein each respective current-steering element is configured to operate as instructed by a respective calibration signal during res...

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1. Verfasser: RICHES JAMES J
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Zusammenfassung:A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a DAC may include a plurality of current-steering elements, wherein each respective current-steering element is configured to operate as instructed by a respective calibration signal during respective steps in a calibration cycle, and at least one current-steering element is configured to operate as instructed by a first control signal during at least a first step in which the at least one current-steering element is not being calibrated, and operate as instructed by a second control signal during at least a second step in which the at least one current-steering element is not being calibrated.