Nexperia
74HC688
8-bit magnitude comparator
10.1 Waveforms and test circuit
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P=Q output
V
OH
V
OL
t
PLH
t
THL
t
TLH
V
X
V
Y
V
Y
V
X
t
PHL
V
M
V
M
Pn, Qn input
V
I
GND
V
M
V
M
Measurement points are given in Table 8.
V
OL
and V
OH
are typical voltage output levels that occur with the output load.
Figure 6. Waveforms showing the word inputs (Pn, Qn) to the equal to output (P=Q) propagation delays and the
output transition times.
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E input
V
I
GND
P=Q output
V
OH
V
OL
t
PLH
t
THL
t
TLH
V
X
V
Y
V
Y
V
X
t
PHL
V
M
V
M
V
M
V
M
Measurement points are given in Table 8.
V
OL
and V
OH
are typical voltage output levels that occur with the output load.
Figure 7. Waveforms showing the enable input (E) to the equal to output (P=Q) propagation delays and the output
transition times.
Table 8. Measurement points
Input Output
V
I
V
M
V
M
V
X
V
Y
GND to V
CC
0.5V
CC
0.5V
CC
0.1V
CC
0.9V
CC
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74HC688
8-bit magnitude comparator
Test data is given in Table 9.
Definitions test circuit:
R
T
= Termination resistance should be equal to output impedance Z
o
of the pulse generator.
C
L
= Load capacitance including jig and probe capacitance.
Figure 8. Test circuit for measuring switching times
Table 9. Test data
Input Load
V
I
t
r
, t
f
C
L
Test
GND to V
CC
6.0 ns 15 pF, 50 pF t
PLH
, t
PHL
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74HC688
8-bit magnitude comparator
11 Application information
Two or more 74HC688 8-bit magnitude comparators may be cascaded to compare binary
or BCD numbers of more than 8 bits. An example is shown in Figure 9.
outputP=Q
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P
0
Q
0
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E
8 LSB
P=Q
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P
n-1
Q
n-1
E
P=Q
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P
n
Q
n
E
8 MSB
Figure 9. Binary or BCD comparator
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74HC688PW,112

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Logic Comparators 8-BIT MAGNITUDE
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