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MAX44269
1.3mm x 1.3mm, Low-Power
Dual Comparator
Logic-Level Translator
Due to the open-drain output of the IC, the device can
translate between two different logic levels (Figure 4). If
the internal 4 mV hysteresis is not sufficient, then exter-
nal resistors can be added to increase the hysteresis as
shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
Power-On Reset Circuit
The IC can be used to make a power-on reset circuit as
displayed in Figure 5. The positive input provides the
ratiometric reference with respect to the power supply
and is created by a simple resistive divider. Choose
reasonably large values to minimize the power consump-
tion in the resistive divider. The negative input provides
the power-on delay time set by the time constant of the
RC circuit formed by R2 and C1. This simple circuit can
be used to power up the system in a known state after
ensuring that the power supply is stable. Diode D1 pro-
vides a rapid reset in the event of unexpected power loss.
Relaxation Oscillator
The IC can also be used to make a simple relaxation
oscillator (Figure 6). By adding the RC circuit R5 and
C1, a standard Schmidt Trigger circuit referenced to
a set voltage is converted into an astable multivibra-
tor. As shown in Figure 7, IN- is a sawtooth waveform
with capacitor C1 alternately charging and discharging
through resistor R5. The external hysteresis network
formed by R1 to R4 defines the trip voltages as:
T_RISE
CC
T_FALL
CC
R3 x R4
V
V
R2R3 R2R4 R3R4
R4R5(R1 R2 R3)
R1R 3 R 4
V
V
R4R5 (R1 R2 R3) R1R3R4
R2(R1R3 R3R5 R1R5)

=

++


++

+

=

++ +


+ ++

Using the basic time domain equations for the charging
and discharging of an RC circuit, the logic-high time,
logic-low time, and frequency can be calculated as:

=



T_FALL
LOW
T_RISE
V
R5C1 ln
t
V
Figure 6. Relaxation Oscillator
Figure 5. Power-On Reset Circuit
Figure 4. Logic-Level Translator
V
CC
R3
R2
R4
R5
R1
GND
OUT
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V
CC
C1
V
CC
V
CC
R1
R4
R3
D1 R2
C1
GND
RESET
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V
CC
V
PULL
V
IN
V
REF
GND
OUT
R1
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