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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1979
M V Kolluri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Clyde M Brown, Jr, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
An electronic circuit, suitable for use in a digital-to-analog converter, wherein a ladder network is provided to obtain a 2:1 successive reduction in the amount of current flow through successive shunt arms of the ladder network. The ladder network includes a plurality of serially coupled resistance means, at least a portion thereof comprising a resistor and a serially coupled transistor, and a plurality of shunt coupled resistors disposed in the shunt arms of the ladder network. A plurality of pairs of switching transistors, each pair thereof being adapted for coupling to a pair of complmentary switching signals produced in response to a bit of the digital word being converted, each one of the shunt resistors being coupled to a corresponding one of the pairs of switching transistors.