The comparator is a high-gain amplifier that is used to amplify a small differential signal at its input, and drive the output to one of two output states. Figure 1 shows the basic comparator circuit, ...

Analysis of this circuit is simplified by the fact that the output has only two states: V out low (Vol) or V out hi (Voh). In this circuit, Voh is equal to the positive supply voltage and Vol is ...

Linear Technology’s LT6703 is a micropower comparator with an integrated 400-mV voltage reference. The device requires 6.5 ìA of quiescent current, less than 10 nA of input-bias current and operates ...

My hands-on introduction to operational amplifiers was in 1969 while in the army as a junior scientist in the Atmospheric Science Laboratory at the White Sands Proving Grounds. We had taken a ...

The ongoing need for intra-circuit interface and limited-functions ICs. How small analog ICs can enable critical transitions and meet specialty roles. In a hard-to-articulate way, it’s somewhat ...