0

1

10

100

OUTPUT SINK CURRENT (mA)

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

85°C

25°C

-40°C

LM397

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Feature Description (continued)

Figure 7. Output Saturation Voltage vs Output Sink Current

7.4 Device Functional Modes

7.4.1 Hysteresis

The basic comparator configuration may oscillate or produce a noisy output if the applied differential input is near

the input offset voltage of the comparator. This tends to occur when the voltage on the input is equal or very

close to the other input voltage. Adding hysteresis can prevent this problem. Hysteresis creates two switching

thresholds (one for the rising input voltage and the other for the falling input voltage). Hysteresis is the voltage

difference between the two switching thresholds. When both inputs are nearly equal, hysteresis causes one input

to effectively move quickly pass the other. Thus, effectively moving the input out of region that oscillation may

occur.

For an inverting configured comparator, hysteresis can be added with a three resistor network and positive

(1)

(2)

The hysteresis is defined in Equation 3:

(3)

Figure 8. Inverting Configured Comparator - LM397

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