SNOSBJ3E November 1999 – December 2014 LM139-N , LM239-N , LM2901-N , LM339-N
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The LM139-N is specified for operation from 2.0 V to 36 V (±1V to ±18V) over the temperature range of –55°C to 125°C. While it may seem like a comparator has a well-defined and somewhat limited functionality as a '1-bit ADC', a comparator is a versatile component which can be used for many functions.
Refer to AN-74 LM139/LM239/LM339 A Quad of Independently Functioning Comparators (SNOA654) for additional application information on use of the LM139-N.
The basic usage of a comparator is to indicate when a specific analog signal has exceeded some predefined threshold. In this application, the negative input is tied to a reference voltage, and the positive input is connected to the input signal. The output is pulled up with a resistor to the logic supply voltage, V+.
For an example application, the supply voltage is 5 V. The input signal varies between 1 V and 3 V, and we want to know when the input exceeds 2.5 V. For this example, we would set the VREF to 2.5 V.
* Or open-collector logic gate without pullup resistor | ||
250 mVDC ≤ VC ≤ +50 VDC | ||
700 Hz ≤ fO ≤ 100 kHz |