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window comparator using a single op-amp Lee 05-07-05
Posted by Lee on May 7, 2005, 9:41 pm
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does anyone know a circuit of a window comparator using only a single
op-amp...i need a shematic for this...tnx

Posted by Bob Monsen on May 7, 2005, 10:06 pm
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Lee wrote:
> does anyone know a circuit of a window comparator using only a single
> op-amp...i need a shematic for this...tnx

Hmmm. There was a posting on sci.electronics.design recently asking for
the same thing. Go look there.

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Regards
Bob Monsen

Posted by ryan wiehle on May 8, 2005, 2:22 am
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Bob Monsen wrote:

> Lee wrote:
> > does anyone know a circuit of a window comparator using only a
> > single op-amp...i need a shematic for this...tnx
>
> Hmmm. There was a posting on sci.electronics.design recently asking
> for the same thing. Go look there.
>
> ---
> Regards
> Bob Monsen

same user

Posted by Bob Monsen on May 8, 2005, 2:01 am
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ryan wiehle wrote:
> Bob Monsen wrote:
>
>
>>Lee wrote:
>>
>>>does anyone know a circuit of a window comparator using only a
>>>single op-amp...i need a shematic for this...tnx
>>
>>Hmmm. There was a posting on sci.electronics.design recently asking
>>for the same thing. Go look there.
>>
>>---
>>Regards
>> Bob Monsen
>
>
> same user

In that case...


10V--------o--------.
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[220k] [100k]
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.->|--o-------(--- Inverting Input
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Vin-o | |
| | |
'----(---|<----o-- Noninverting Input
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[100k] [220k]
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Gnd--------o--------'

The output of the comparator will go high when Vin is between 2.5V and
7.5V. The things in [] are resistors. The ->|- are diodes. It should be
viewed using a fixed space font, like courier. Otherwise, nothing lines up.

You get to set the window by changing the resistor values. The low
window limit is set by the left two resistors, whereas the high window
limit is set by the right two resistors.

As the input increases from 0, the noninverting input first follows the
input at 0.7V above it. The inverting input is fixed at 3.125V. Once the
input gets to be 2.5V, the output of the comparator will go high, since
the non-inverting input will then exceed the inverting input (which is
still fixed at 3.125V.)

As the input continues to increase, once it gets to 3.125 + 0.7V, the
inverting input will start to rise. It's still 1.4V lower than the
non-inverting input, so the output is still high.

When the input gets to 6.875-0.7V, the non-inverting input will stop
increasing. The inverting input will continue to climb as it has been
doing. Once the input gets to be 6.875+0.7V, the inverting input will be
larger than the now fixed non-inverting input, and the output will go low.

Thus, the output is high when 2.5V < Vin < 7.5V.

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Regards,
Bob Monsen

Posted by Rich Webb on May 8, 2005, 8:28 am
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wrote:

>Bob Monsen wrote:
>
>> Lee wrote:
>> > does anyone know a circuit of a window comparator using only a
>> > single op-amp...i need a shematic for this...tnx
>>
>> Hmmm. There was a posting on sci.electronics.design recently asking
>> for the same thing. Go look there.
>>
>> ---
>> Regards
>> Bob Monsen
>
> same user

Same homework question.

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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

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