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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1993
Kazuo Yamakido, Hinode, JP;
Yoichiro Kobayashi, Ohme, JP;
Masanori Otsuka, Kokubunji, JP;
Takao Okazaki, Hamura, JP;
Yukihito Ishihara, Ohme, JP;
Norimitsu Nishikawa, Ohme, JP;
Yuko Tamba, Ohme, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The number of current sources and switches necessary for a plurality of unit D/A converters using equal reference currents, are drastically reduced to reduce the parasitic capacitance coupled to current output lines, by converting a plurality of digital signals of a predetermined bit, which are divided from an input digital signal, into an analog current unit D/A converters and by converting the analog current in a manner to correspond to the weights of the corresponding input digital signals, thereby to synthesize the currents. The fixed reference digital signal is inputted to the D/A converter for cancelling offsets. The offsets of a plurality of analog output signals in positive and opposite phases obtained by branching the output of the D/A converter are individually detected. After this, the DC offset values of the individual analog outputs are used as offset adjusted negative feedback signals for a desired value. One of them is the digital signal to be fed back to the input portion of the D/A converter whereas the other is the analog signal to be fed to a path portion obtained by branching the output of the D/A converter.