Patents Assigned to Broadcom Advanced Compression Group LLC
  • Patent number: 7061417
    Abstract: In digital-to-analog conversion systems, a method and system for increased effective resolution in an N-bit DAC are provided. Additional resolution may be provided in an N-bit DAC by increasing the number of periods that an N-bit PWM may utilize to generate an output train of pulse widths with a desired duty cycle. An increased resolution bits parameter may correspond to the additional bits necessary to provide the increased resolution. An iterative process by which a desired value is converted into a sequence of N-bit control words may be based on a desired analog value and the increased resolution bits parameter. In addition to higher resolution, most of the output pulse AC energy is concentrated at the N-bit PWM basic frequency and above, allowing for simpler analog filtering of the pulse width modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Advanced Compression Group LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Chin