Binary Weighted DAC with 2-ξ Resistor Ratio

N. Lekic, Z. Mijanovic, R. Dragovic-Ivanovic, Lj. Stankovic

Binary Weighted DAC with 2-ξ Resistor Ratio

Číslo: 2/2018
Periodikum: Radioengineering Journal
ISBN: 1210-2512
DOI: 10.13164/re.2018.0501

Klíčová slova: Binary weighted DAC, conversion accuracy, differential nonlinearity, gap in transfer characteristic, lookup table, Binární vážený DAC, přesnost konverze, diferenciální nelinearita, mezera v přenosové charakteristice, vyhledávací tabulka

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Anotace: In this paper we present a new digital analog converter (DAC) design, based on the binary weighted resistor network. The proposed design ensures high conversion accuracy using low precision resistors with ±1% ±2%, ±5%, ±10% and ±20% resistor tolerance. High accuracy is achieved due to better coverage of the analog domain of the transfer characteristic. In binary weighted converters the imprecision of resistors introduces positive and negative differential nonlinearities (DNL). Positive DNL causes gap in the analog domain of the transfer characteristic and negative DNL causes non-monotonicity. In the proposed solution we change the resistor ratio of the two consecutive DAC branches from 2 to 2-ξ, where ξ is small positive number. With this change, we intentionally introduce an additional negative DNL in order to entirely avoid the positive gap. Simulation results confirm that even with resistors tolerance of up to ±10%, we can achieve a converter with maximal gap in the transfer characteristic less than or around one LSB.