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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuri Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Oike, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a digital-analog converter including a current generation section, a current source transistor bias voltage keeping section, a cascade transistor group switch section, and a conversion section. The current generation section has at least one current source transistor group including a plurality of current source transistors and generates an output current based on a value of a digital input signal. The current source transistor bias voltage keeping section has a plurality of cascade transistor groups each including cascade transistors connected in series to the current source transistors and keeps bias voltages of the current source transistors constant. The cascade transistor group switch section selects one of the plurality of cascade transistor groups. The conversion section performs current-voltage conversion of the output current supplied via the selected cascade transistor group.