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R-String DAC
RC
RF RF RF RF
RFRFRF RF
VREF
RC
RF RF RF RF
RFRFRF RF
RC
RF RF RF RF
RFRFRF RF
RC
RF RF RF RF
RFRFRF RF
n1
XIN
n2
n
1 2n = n :n
Co
lum
n D
eco
de
r
Ro
w D
eco
de
r
VOUT
Note Dual Ladder is used !
Review from Last Lecture
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Review from Last Lecture
Another key paper for matching-critical circuits:
2401 on Apr 7 2014
3452 on Apr 18 2018
Second most cited paper in the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits
Most cited basic research paper in IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits
Basic R-String DAC R
M1
R
M2
R
MN-2
R
MN-1
R
MN
VRFF
VOUT
n
XIN
Binary to
Thermometer
Decoder
2n
d1
d2
dN-2
dN-1
dN
CL
R
M1
R
M2
R
MN-2
R
MN-1
R
MN
VRFF
VOUT
n
XIN
Binary to
Thermometer
Decoder
2n
d1
d2
dN-2
dN-1
dN
CL
LATCH
CLK
Latching Boolean Signal Can Reduce/Eliminate Logic Transients which Cause Distortion
Load
Transfer
XIN
Basic R-String DAC
• Another Segmented DAC structure
• Can be viewed as a “dither” DAC
• Often n1 is much smaller than n2
• Dither can be used in other applications as well
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R/4
R/4
R/4
R/4
1b
2b
R/4
R/4
R/4
1b
2b
VREF
Re
sis
tors
n1 b
its
n1 b
its
n2 b
its
2n2
-1
VOUT
RL
RU
RU+RL=RFor all b1 and b2,