Patent ID: 7598893

Claim:
A digital-to-analog converter for simultaneous conversion of a plurality of digital signals to analog signals, the digital-to-analog converter comprising: a reference value source for producing an electrical reference value; a reference value divider arrangement for producing a divided reference value from the electrical reference value, the reference value divider arrangement having a tap for tapping off the divided reference value; a first switch arrangement, designed producing an electrical connection between the tap on the reference value divider arrangement and a first output of the digital-to-analog converter when the divided reference value corresponds to a value of a first digital signal; and a second switch arrangement, producing an electrical connection between the tap on the reference value divider arrangement and a second output of the digital-to-analog converter when the divided reference value corresponds to a value of a second digital signal, the first switch arrangement and the second switch arrangement producing the electrical connections independently of one another, wherein the first switch arrangement has a number of first switches for producing electrical connections between the number of taps and the first output, with one tap from the number of taps in each case being associated with one switch, and wherein the second switch arrangement has a number of second switches for producing electrical connections between the number of taps and the second output with one tap from the number of taps in each case being associated with one switch from the number of second switches, wherein the reference value divider arrangement has a number of taps for tapping off the number of different divided reference values, with the first switch arrangement producing an electrical connection between one or more taps from the number of taps and the first output of the digital-to-analog converter, and with the second switch arrangement producing an electrical connection between one or more taps from the number of taps and the second output of the digital-to-analog converter.