Patent 11876525 was granted and assigned to Ciena (company) on January, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus comprises circuitry configured to generate a predicted error signal by applying to a digital signal a distortion model characterized by parameters configured to model circuit component mismatches in a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), circuitry configured to generate a pre-compensated digital signal using the digital signal and the predicted error signal, and circuitry configured to provide the pre-compensated digital signal to the DAC for conversion into an analog signal.