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OP- Amp CircuitHelpful Member!(4) 

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Helpful Member!  KSue (Electrical)
19 Apr 12 8:17
Can anyone explain this circuit to me?

Why is the  feedback resistor at the non-inverting input?
Helpful Member!  sreid (Electrical)
19 Apr 12 9:42
The opamp is being used as a schmit trigger.   
Helpful Member!  OperaHouse (Electrical)
19 Apr 12 12:00
You are probably familiar with negative feedback.  This circuit has positive feedback. Positive feedback prevents the switching from jittering on slow changing signals.
Helpful Member!  IRstuff (Aerospace)
19 Apr 12 12:12
Looks to me that the hysteresis is backwards from normal though.  The threshold appears to be closer to the input signal state rather than farther.  The feedback resistor value is not specified, so...

The fact that the OP is calling a comparator an op amp is likewise mysterious.  Did you read the datasheet?  See page 8 of http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/nationalsemiconductor/DS005706.PDF  This circuit appears to be a mixture of two hysteresis reference circuits at the bottom of the page.

TTFN
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KSue (Electrical)
19 Apr 12 13:54
The datasheet was helpful.  It appears to have the official name Non-Inverting Comparator with Hysteresis.

Thanx All.
IRstuff (Aerospace)
19 Apr 12 14:37
Yes, I was mistaken about the way the hysteresis was working.  Not enough caffeine yet.

TTFN
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