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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
May. 15, 1991
Satoshi Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a comparator according to this invention, a first transistor of a first polarity and a second transistor of a second polarity are connected to each other between a first and second potentials so as to provide positive feedback. The control terminal of a third transistor of the second polarity is connected to one end of the current path of the second transistor and at the midpoint of the positive feed back path between the first and second transistors. A reference voltage is supplied to the base of the first transistor from a voltage dividing resistor circuit that varies the reference voltage according to the conducting state of either the second transistor or the third transistor. The input signal is received at one end of the current path of the first transistor, while the output signal appears at one end of the current path of the third transistor.