Ishoni Networks, Inc.

Isaac H Wong

Jiinyuan Lee

Jau-Wen Ren

Ka-pui Ko

Keith V Ngo

A digital to analog converter (DAC) has an adjustable dynamic range. Specifically, the adjustable DAC has a control port that receives a control signal indicative of the dynamic range, and the DAC produces an analog signal of the specified dynamic range in response to a corresponding digital signal. In one embodiment, the adjustable DAC includes a bitstream generator that repeatedly generates a bitstream and a low pass filter that receives and filters the repeated bitstream. The bitstream generator is adjustable, and can produce bitstreams of different lengths, depending on the control signal. Increasing the bitstream length results in a greater dynamic range of the analog signal, and vice versa. A user can use a preexisting filter to perform the low pass filtering, by simply selecting a value of the control signal. Alternatively, the user can set a value of the control signal (based on an application's dynamic range requirement), and design the low pass filter based on the selected value of the control signal.

Digital to analog converter (DAC) having an adjustable dynamic range

A memory controller configured according to a delay pair for communicating with a memory device automatically selects optimal delay pairs by testing whether successful communication exists at various values for the delay pairs. The resulting set of delay pairs allowing successful communication are divided into a boundary set and non-boundary set. An optimal delay pair from the non-boundary set is chosen according to its relationship to delay pairs in the boundary set.

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Isaac H Wong