Patent ID: 6995700

Claim:
A digital/analog converter apparatus (DAC) for the linear conversion of a digital input signal (D) into an analog output signal (A), having at least two digital/analog converters (DAC 1 , DAC 2 ), a first unit (F 1 , F 2 ), which is connected upstream of the at least two digital/analog converters (DAC 1 , DAC 2 ) and is in a form such that it feeds inputs on the at least two digital/analog converters (DAC 1 , DAC 2 ) with digital intermediate signals (D 1 , D 2 ), coming from a digital input signal (D), and such that the digital intermediate signals (D 1 , D 2 ) are within prescribed ranges (I), and a second unit (K 1 , K 2 , ADD), which is connected downstream of the at least two digital/analog converters (DAC 1 , DAC 2 ) and is a form such that it forms the analog output signal (A) from a linear combination of analog intermediate signals (A 1 , A 2 ) which can be tapped off at outputs on the at least two digital/analog converters (DAC 1 , DAC 2 ).