What is R-2R ladder DAC?

A DAC built from a ladder of only two resistor values, R and 2R. It needs few resistor types, and the resistor ratio does not grow as bits are added.

Field: AD/DA conversion

Related terms

Aliasing Delta-sigma ADC DNL (differential nonlinearity) ENOB (effective number of bits) Flash ADC INL (integral nonlinearity) Jitter Missing code Noise shaping Nyquist frequency

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