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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1983
Norman C Seiler, W. Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A digital to analog signal converter having a resistor ladder and switching network of the R-2R type is provided with the 2R resistor legs divided into two parallel 4R resistors, the most significant bit stage replaced with a switchable terminating 4R resistor stage, and logic means provided for each remaining bit stage responsive to its own bit stage input signal as well as the MSB stage signal such that, at the mid scale, the added 4R terminating resistor is switchable in and there is no switching at the other 4R resistor legs. By reducing the switching noise at the lowest input signal level, the system signal to noise ratio is substantially increased. To further reduce switching noise, additional bit stages may be replaced by terminating resistors and the 2R resistor legs appropriately modified.