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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. KG, München, DE;
Inventors:
Rawdon Taylor, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mark Lehne, Roseburg, OR (US);
Assignee:
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/1023 (2013.01); H03M 1/1071 (2013.01); H03M 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital to analog conversion, DAC, device for converting digital signals to analog signals comprises a RF output for outputting the analog signals, a thermometer segment comprising a first number of data slices and a second number calibration slices, and a calibration controller, which electrically disconnects one of the data slices from the RF output and at the same time connects one of the calibration slices to the RF output as replacement slice for the respective data slice and performs a calibration of the disconnected data slice.