Title :
On the circuit analysis of the Schmitt trigger
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
fDate :
2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A general circuit analysis of the trigger circuit originally due to O. Schmitt (1938), namely a differential pair containing positive feedback, is presented. The analysis technique is illustrated by applying it to the well-known case of a bipolar Schmitt trigger. The result is a simplified and thus more transparent analysis. The same technique also gives an exact analysis of the MOS version of the same circuit
Keywords :
trigger circuits; Schmitt trigger; bipolar; circuit analysis; differential pair; exact analysis; positive feedback; trigger circuit; Bipolar transistors; Circuit analysis; Equations; Feedback circuits; MOS devices; Oscillators; Solid state circuits; Temperature; Trigger circuits; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
