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Why must a comparator not be compensated like an amplifier?

  • A.Compensation would raise its input offset voltage
  • B.Compensation would reduce its common-mode range
  • C.Compensation would increase its input bias current
  • D.Compensation would slow its switching

Answer: D

A dominant pole placed to guarantee stability in a feedback loop limits how fast the output can move, and a comparator is never used in a linear loop - it is wanted to switch as quickly as possible. Offset, common-mode range and bias current are unaffected. That two devices sharing an input stage are compensated in opposite ways, according to whether they will be used linearly or as a switch, is why substituting one for the other rarely works. Framing the question as which quantity the change acts upon makes the answer follow without calculation.

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