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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2006
Yasushi Kubota, Sakurai, JP;
Kazuhiro Maeda, Kizugawa, JP;
Hajime Washio, Oxford, GB;
Patrick Zebedee, Oxford, GB;
Yasushi Kubota, Sakurai, JP;
Kazuhiro Maeda, Kizugawa, JP;
Hajime Washio, Oxford, GB;
Patrick Zebedee, Oxford, GB;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital/analogue converter for converting an input n-bit digital code, where n is an integer greater than one, has an n-bit digital input and an output for connection to a load, and includes: an array of (n−1) switched capacitors; and a switching arrangement. In one example embodiment, the switching arrangement is adapted, in a zeroing phase of operation, to connect a first reference voltage to the first plate of at least one capacitor of the array and to connect a second plate of the at least one capacitor to a voltage that, for at least one value of the input digital code, is different from the first reference voltage and is further adapted, in a decoding phase of operation, to enable, dependent on the value of the input digital code, injection of charge into the at least one capacitor. In one example embodiment, the converter may be a bufferless converter having an output for direct connection to a capacitive load.