U.S. Philips Corporation

Kurt Konig

Wolfgang Schwartz

Hans-Peter Klose

A comparison circuit (1), obtained according to MOS technology, for comparing two input voltages and comprising a differential amplifier (8). During a first time period, a first input (-) of the differential amplifier is supplied, via a first capacitor (9) and a switch (10), with a first input voltage (Ue). During a second time period, succeeding the first time period, a second input voltage (Ud) is supplied to the first input (-) of the amplifier by means of the first capacitor and a switch (11) of a switch arrangement (10, 11). The second input (+) of the differential amplifier is connected to a reference voltage during the first time period and its output is at that time connected to the first input and to the second input (+) of the amplifier via switches (12) and (16), respectively. The second input (+) of the differential amplifier is connected through a second capacitor (13) and a change-over device (14, 15) to the reference voltage source (17). The change-over device (14, 15) alternately connects, during the two time periods, the second capacitor to the reference voltage source.

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