The relative accuracy of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is determined by settling time.

More Questions from Analog and Digital Converters

• One way to determine the resolution of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is to compare the ratio of one step voltage to the maximum output voltage.
• The flash method of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) uses comparators that compare reference voltages with the analog input voltage.
• An 8-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) has a resolution of 0.125 V.
• If we double the number of bits in our digital representation of a number from 4 to 8 bits, we double the relative accuracy of the conversion from digital to analog.
• A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is said to be nonmonotonic if the magnitude of the output voltage increases every time the input code increases.
• A(n) ________ converts an analog input to a digital output.
• The characteristic that a change of one binary step on the input of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) should cause exactly one step change on the output is called ________.
• ________ analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) use no clock signal, because there is no timing or sequencing required.
• The problems of the binary-weighted resistor digital-to-analog converter (DAC) can be overcome by using ___________.
• A binary-weighted resistor used in a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is only practical up to a resolution of ________.

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