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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A multi-channel digital to analog converter, DAC, comprising: a DAC configured to provide an analog signal comprising a plurality of time division multiplexed sub-signals, each provided for one of a plurality of output channels; wherein each of the output channels include: a sampling capacitor; a selector switch configured to couple the sampling capacitor of the respective output channel to the output terminal of the DAC such that the sampling capacitor samples the analog signal over a plurality of discrete sampling periods; a comparator configured to provide a comparator output signal, wherein the sampling capacitor is coupled to an input terminal of the comparator; and an output control gate configured to control whether or not the comparator output signal is output from the respective output channel at a predetermined time later than a first of the respective plurality of discrete sampling periods.