US Patent 7492297 Digital-to-analog converter and method thereof

A digitally controlled analog circuit comprises a finite state machine configured for receiving a digital input word and generating at least two digital codes in a manner determined by a state of the finite state machine. The digital codes are decoded into respective sets of binary data. The sets of binary data control respective switched-circuit arrays to generate an analog output corresponding to the digital input word. To establish a monotonic function between the digital input word and the analog output during steady state operations, the finite state machine switches states when a wrap-around condition is detected for one of the digital codes. The finite state machine uses different sets of equations in different states to derive the digital codes.