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 ...

Diodes Inc.’s LM2901 quad and LM2903 dual comparators, as well as the LM2902 quad and LM2904 dual op amps, are characterized for operation over an extended temperature range of –40°C to +125°C, making ...

While both operational amplifiers and voltage comparators have been with us since before 1970, the similarities and differences tend to be vague. This discussion will help in understanding this ...

The industry standard LM2901 quad and LM2903 dual comparators and LM2902 quad and LM2904 dual op amps, from Diodes Inc., feature an extended operating temperature range of -40 ºC to +125 ºC. The parts ...

I missed this earlier this year – TI using a novel package to enclose what it describes as the worlds smallest op-amp. The smallest version is in an 0.8 x 0.8mm X2SON (which I would describe as 800 x ...

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 ...

Of digital electronics, a wise man once said that “Every idiot can count to one.” Truer words have rarely been spoken, because at the end of the day, every digital circuit is really just an analog ...