A custom comparator IC that has fast response time and hysteresis protects a car's engine control unit from failures on monitored peripherals that create high current conditions. In most modern cars, ...

OVERCURRENT DETECTOR - the circuit introduced here is a simple and fast-responding overcurrent detector for protection of low-voltage applications. Unlike dedicated hot-swap controllers that impose a ...

In 1938, the Journal of Scientific Instruments published details of a comparator circuit that converted a slowly varying input signal into an abrupt change in output voltage. Based on cross-coupled ...

One of the most common reasons to measure current in today’s automotive systems is to detect fault conditions and respond to them quickly. I touched on this topic previously in Signal Chain Basics ...

HONG KONG: National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a new low-power precision comparator with integrated 2.048V reference that provides adjustable hysteresis for the highest-accuracy signal ...