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Window detector

Window detector
window detector circuit diagram

A window detector circuit, also called window comparator circuit or dual edge limit detector circuits is used to determine whether an unknown input is between two precise reference threshold voltages. It employs two comparators to detect over-voltage or under-voltage.

Each single comparator detects the common input voltage against one of two reference voltages, normally upper and lower limits. Outputs behind a logic gate like AND detect the input as in range of the so-called "window" between upper and lower reference.

Window detectors are used in industrial alarms, level sensor and controls, digital computers and production-line testing.

Function

UinABY
Urefbot010
100
Urefbot111

If Uin is greater than Urefbot and Uin is lower than Ureftop then both comparators' outputs will swing to the logical high and turn on the AND gate output.

References

References

  1. (1999). "Analog Signal Processing". John Wiley & Sons.
  2. Bali. (2008). "Linear Integrated Circuits". Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
  3. Steve Ciarcia. (1990). "Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar". Circuit Cellar.
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