US 12,113,545 B2
Capacitor digital-to-analog converter using random reset signal and integrated circuit including the same
Yanghoon Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Wan Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,173.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0141706 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128228 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/68 (2006.01); H03M 1/80 (2006.01)
CPC H03M 1/802 (2013.01) [H03M 1/68 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capacitor digital-to-analog converter (CDAC) comprising:
a clock generator configured to generate an internal clock signal and a reset control signal based on an external clock signal, the internal clock signal being regularly toggled, the reset control signal being regularly toggled;
a random reset control signal generator configured to generate a random reset control signal based on the reset control signal, the random reset control signal being irregularly toggled;
a first capacitor array including a plurality of capacitors, and configured to generate a first summation voltage based on a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, the plurality of capacitors in the first capacitor array being connected to a first summation node and having different capacitances, the first summation voltage corresponding to a first input digital signal;
a first reset circuit configured to initialize the first summation node based on the random reset control signal and a change in the first input digital signal; and
an output buffer configured to generate a first analog output voltage by buffering the first summation voltage,
wherein the capacitor digital-to-analog converter is configured to operate in a reset phase for initializing the first summation node, and during the reset phase, a value of the first input digital signal sequentially increases based on the internal clock signal.