step (of an analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion)

Any of the individual correlations in the conversion code or any part of the diagram equating to an individual correlation in the transfer diagram.

NOTE 1 For an analog-to-digital converter, a step represents both a fractional range of analog input values and the corresponding digital output code.

NOTE 2 For a digital-to-analog converter, a step represents both a digital input code and the corresponding discrete analog output value.

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