US Patent Issued to MediaTek on Nov. 18 for "Tri-level digital-to-analog converter element with mismatch suppression and associated method" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,646, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Tri-level digital-to-analog converter element with mismatch suppression and associated method" was invented by Chuan-Hung Hsiao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Satya Narayana Ganta (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Sung-Han Wen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Kuan-Ta Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tri-level digital-to-analog converter (DAC) element includes a first DAC cell. The first DAC cell includes a first reference circuit, a second reference circuit, and a switch circuit. The first reference circuit provides a first reference signal. The second reference circuit provid...