Schmitt trigger

noun

Schmitt trigger

noun

Etymology Invented by American scientist Otto H. Schmitt in 1934.

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Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A comparator circuit with hysteresis implemented by applying positive feedback to the non-inverting input of a comparator or differential amplifier. It converts an analog signal to a digital one.

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