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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2016
Maxlinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jianyu Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
MAXLINEAR, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for enhanced digital-to-analog conversions. A segmentation-based digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be configured for applying digital-to-analog conversions to N-bit inputs. The segmentation-based DAC may comprise a plurality of DAC elements, with each DAC element being operable to apply digital-to-analog conversion based on a single bit, and an encoder operable to generate an x-bit output. The number of DAC elements may be different than number of bits (N) in inputs to the DAC. One or more bits of the N-bit input may be applied to the encoder to generate the x-bit output, with each bit in the x-bit output being applied to a corresponding one of the plurality of DAC elements. Remaining one or more bits of the N-bit input, if any, may be applied directly to a corresponding one or more of the plurality of DAC elements.
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