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Output Voltage
Negative
Zero
Positive
Note that the voltage level for both the positive and negative output voltages will be
about 1 V less than the power supply. Thus, if the op-amp power supply is 9 V, the
output voltage will be +8 V if the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, 0
V if the input voltage is equal to the reference voltage, and 8 V if the input voltage is
less than the reference voltage.
You can modify the circuit to eliminate the negative voltage if the input is less than
the reference by sending the output through a diode. In this circuit, a positive voltage
appears at the output if the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage;
otherwise, no output voltage exists.
To create a voltage comparator that creates a positive voltage output if the input
voltage is less than a reference voltage, apply the reference voltage to the inverting
(V) input, and the input voltage is applied to the noninverting (V +) input.
The final voltage-comparator circuit you should know about is the window
comparator, which lets you know whether the input voltage falls within a given range.
Notice that the power supply connections arent shown separately for each op amp
in the circuit. Its common to omit the power supply connections when multiple op
amps are used in a single circuit. If the power supply connections were shown for all
of the op amps, the power supply connections would complicate the schematic
unnecessarily