Question 46
If the maximum output voltage of a DAC is V volts and if the resolution is R bits then the weight of the most significant bit is ________
For an ideal R-bit unipolar DAC with codes 0 through $2^R-1$, the maximum code produces V. Therefore one LSB has weight V/($2^R-1)$. The most significant bit has binary weight $2^{R-1}$ LSBs, so its contribution is $2^{R-1$}$\times V/(2^R-1)$. This assumes V is the full-scale output at the maximum digital code.