100
75
Vnonl
50
IDEAL
ACTUAL
25
Voffset
0
0
15
31
47
63
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$0F
$1F
$2F
$3F
PROGRAM STEP
LINEARITY ERROR (integral nonlinearity). A measure of how
straight a device’s transfer function is, it indicates the worst–case
deviation of linearity of the actual transfer function from the best–
fit straight line. It is normally specified in parts of an LSB.
Figure 1. D/A Transfer Function
VRn OUT
Vstep
Vstep =
VDD ± 0.75 VDD
64
64
(For any adjacent pair of digital numbers)
DIGITAL NUMBER
Figure 2. Definition of Step Size Variance (Differential Nonlinearity)
MOTOROLA
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