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 ...
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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

Second-Sourced Analog Comparators

The TSM921-TSM924, TSM931-TSM934, TSM971-TSM973 and the TSM982/TSM984 series of low voltage, low-power analog comparators from Touchstone Semiconductor are lower cost, electrically and form-factor ...
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Design and Implementation of 16-Bit Magnitude Comparator Using Efficient Low Power High Performance Full Adders

In VLSI applications, area, delay and power are the important factors which must be taken into account in the design of a fast adder. The paper attempts to examine the features of certain adder ...
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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 ...