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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Bugeja, Dallas, TX (US);
Ching-yuh Tsay, Plano, TX (US);
Irfan A. Chaudhry, Plano, TX (US);
Mounir Fares, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/68 ;
Abstract
A segmented digital-to-analog converter includes: upper segments , and ; a thermometer decoder ; a randomizing circuit coupled between the thermometer decoder and the upper segments , and for randomizing an output of the thermometer decoder ; a divider location selector circuit coupled between the randomizing circuit and the upper segments , and for choosing a selected segment from the upper segments , and ; and lower segments coupled to the selected segment.