TLC372

LinCMOS DUAL DIFFERENTIAL COMPARATORS

SLCS114E − NOVEMBER 1983 − REVISED JULY 2008

5

POST OFFICE BOX 655303

noted)

PARAMETER

TEST CONDITIONS†

TLC372Y

UNIT

PARAMETER

TEST CONDITIONS†

MIN

TYP

MAX

UNIT

VIO

Input offset voltage

VIC = VICRmin,

See Note 4

1

5

mV

IIO

Input offset current

1

pA

IIB

Input bias current

5

pA

VICR

Common-mode input voltage range

0 to

VDD −1

V

IOH

High-level output current

VID = 1 V,

VOH = 5 V

0.1

nA

VOL

Low-level output voltage

VID = − 1 V,

IOL = 4 mA

150

400

mV

IOL

Low-level output current

VID = − 1 V,

VOL = 1.5 V

6

16

mA

IDD

Supply current (two comparators)

VID = 1 V,

No load

150

300

µA

† All characteristics are measured with zero common-mode input voltage unless otherwise noted. IMPORTANT: See Parameter Measurement

Information.

NOTE 4: The offset voltage limits given are the maximum values required to drive the output above 4 V or below 400 mV with a 10-k

Ω resistor

between the output and VDD. They can be verified by applying the limit value to the input and checking for the appropriate output state.

PARAMETER MEASUREMENT INFORMATION

The digital output stage of the TLC372 can be damaged if it is held in the linear region of the transfer curve.

Conventional operational amplifier/comparator testing incorporates the use of a servo loop that is designed to force

the device output to a level within this linear region. Since the servo-loop method of testing cannot be used, the

following alternatives for measuring parameters such as input offset voltage, common-mode rejection, etc., are

offered.

To verify that the input offset voltage falls within the limits specified, the limit value is applied to the input as shown

in Figure 1(a). With the noninverting input positive with respect to the inverting input, the output should be high. With

the input polarity reversed, the output should be low.

A similar test can be made to verify the input offset voltage at the common-mode extremes. The supply voltages can

accuracy.

5 V

5.1 k

Ω

VO

Applied VIO

Limit

VO

5.1 k

Ω

1 V

−4 V

−

+

−

+

(a) VIO WITH VIC = 0

(b) VIO WITH VIC = 4 V

Applied VIO

Limit

Figure 1. Method for Verifying That Input Offset Voltage is Within Specified Limits