The resistor ladder (R/2R) digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) architecture is often used in high performance audio solutions due to its low-noise performance. Even high-end R/2R DACs suffer from static nonlinearity distortions. It was suspected that compensating for these nonlinearities would be possible. It was also suspected that this could improve audio quality in audio systems using R/2R DACs for digital-to-analogue (A/D) conversion. Through the use of models of the resistor ladder architecture a way of characterizing and measuring the faults in the R/2R DAC was created. A compensation algorithm was developed in order to compensate for the nonlinearities. The performance of the algorithm was simulated and an implementation of it was evaluated using an audio evaluation instrument. The results presented show that it is possible to increase linearity in R/2R DACs by compensating for static nonlinearity distortions. The increase in linearity can be quite significant and audible for the trained ear.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-84481 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Kulig, Gabriel, Wallin, Gustav |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Elektroniksystem, Linköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan, Linköpings universitet, Elektroniksystem, Linköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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