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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2006
Hong-goo Yoon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hong-Goo Yoon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A data converting method is realized by a data-converting circuit including: a data combining circuit for outputting 1through (2−1)intermediate data bits by combining data bits corresponding to '1's in n-bit binary data corresponding to a decimal number; a thermometer code generating circuit for generating 1through (2−1)bits of thermometer code data each activated as '1' when a corresponding intermediate data bit among the 1through (2−1)intermediate data bits are activated, wherein each of the 1through (2−1)bits of thermometer code data is additionally activated as “1” by the 1through (2−1)intermediate data bits activated by binary data having a greater value than binary data activating the corresponding intermediate data bit; and a reset circuit for periodically resetting the 1through (2−1)bits of thermometer code data to “0” in response to an external clock signal. A digital-to-analog converter incorporates the data-converting circuit.