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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Alain-serge Porret, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Friederich Mombers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Melly Thierry, Lausanne, CH;
Alain-Serge Porret, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Friederich Mombers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Melly Thierry, Lausanne, CH;
SiGear Europe Sarl, Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) implements a hybrid conversion architecture where the input digital data is oversampled and a flash converter is used to convert the M most significant bits (MSBs) of the oversampled data while a sigma-delta (Σ-Δ) converter is used to convert the remaining least significant bits (LSBs) of the oversampled data. In one embodiment, a merged flash converter is used to convert the M MSBs and the digital bit stream generated by the sigma-delta converter.