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 ...
EDN

Comparator-based buffer using a VVCCS

Editor’s note: PhD candidate, Seyyed Hossein Pishgar approached me with this paper, which I believe has some unique and creative circuitry and architectures. I have ...
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.