STMicroelectronics Completes Family of Miniaturized Industry-Standard Comparators

Battery-powered devices such as notebook PCs, PDAs and other handheld mobile communications products are major users of low-power comparators, such as the LMV331, for duties including signal handling or event detection. ST’s variety of industry-standard comparators enables designers to optimize power consumption, response time and package size according to application requirements. ST’s new LMV331 variants, in miniature 5-pin packages, maximize choice for designers seeking the best combination of speed and power for space-constrained applications.



Performance highlights of the LMV331 include:



* Supply voltage range: 2.7V to 5V

* Current consumption (Operating): 20µA (Vcc = 2.7V)

* Propagation delay: 200ns

* Input-offset voltage: 1mV

* Input-offset current: 1nA

* Operating temperature range: -40°C to +85°C

* ESD tolerance: 2kV HBM / 200V MM



The LMV331 is in mass production now, and is priced from $0.25 in quantities of 1000 units.