Electronic Design

Beyond the Op Amp—Designing With IC Comparators

A comparator is a great circuit because it provides a near ideal transition between the analog and digital domains. The comparator looks at two linear input signals and gives a digital output that’s ...
EDN

Using auto-zero comparator techniques to improve PWM performance (Part 2 of 2)

Another application of auto-zeroing comparators is in the main control loop of a PWM system. The comparator in this application looks at the difference between a ...
Electronic Design

Test Technique Quantifies Jitter of Discrete-Comparator Design

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. A colleague asked for the measured jitter number on a single-supply comparator design based on the LM359 IC. 1 He ...
Nature

Low-Power High-Speed CMOS Comparators and Analog-to-Digital Converters

Low-power high-speed CMOS comparators and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) play a pivotal role in modern electronics, from data-intensive computing systems to precision biomedical instrumentation.
TechRepublic

Full Custom Design of Low Power 8-bit Magnitude Comparator with Small Transistor Count by Static CMOS

Comparator is the basic module in digital system. It is widely used in communication and calculation areas. This paper is to provide new low power, area solution for Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI ...
TechRepublic

Low Power and Area Efficient Design of 1-Bit CMOS Comparator Using Different Foundry

Comparator is one of the basic functions used for sorting in Microprocessor and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), so a high performance and effective comparator is required. Comparator is one of the ...
EDN

Using auto-zero comparator techniques to improve PWM performance (Part 1 of 2)

Comparators are subject to input offset errors that can be either systematic or layout related. Two applications of comparators in a PWM controller are detecting when there is no current in the ...