Etymology

Schmitt trigger

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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Invented by American scientist Otto H. Schmitt in 1934.

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