SCES578J June 2003 – September 2017 SN74AUP1G14
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Mechanical input elements, such as push buttons or rotary knobs, offer simple ways to interact with electronic systems. Typically, these elements have recoil or bouncing, where the mechanical element makes and breaks contact multiple times during human interaction. This bouncing can cause one or more repeated signals to be passed, triggering multiple actions when only a single input was intended. One potential solution to mitigating these multiple inputs is by utilizing a Schmitt-trigger to create a debounce circuit. Figure 7 shows an example of this solution.
The input due to the push button switches multiple times, causing the output of a non Schmitt-trigger device to trigger multiple times, while the Schmitt-trigger input device with RC delay limits the output pulse to a single pulse desired by the user. The separated positive and negative input voltage threshold values prevent multiple triggers from occurring, see the Electrical Characteristics table for VT+, VT-, and Vhys values.
This device uses CMOS technology and has balanced output drive. Take care to avoid bus contention because it can drive currents that would exceed maximum limits. The drive strength also creates fast edges into light loads so routing and load conditions should be considered to prevent ringing.