SNOS748F September 1999 – December 2025 LMC7221
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The LMC7221 is not an especially fast comparator, so high speed design practices are not required. The LMC7221 is capable of operating with very high impedance inputs, so precautions should be taken to reduce noise pickup with high impedance (≈ 100kΩ and greater) designs and in electrically noisy environments.
Keeping high value resistors close to the LMC7221 and minimizing the size of the input nodes is a good practice. With multilayer designs, try to avoid long loops which could act as inductors (coils). Sensors which are not close to the comparator may need twisted pair or shielded connections to reduce noise.