indication of voltage spike signal and latch

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ummux

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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I wonder what electronic IC or PIC can be used to detect a spike voltage signal (the voltage change rate is very large compared to noise and peak occurs in 1-2millisecond) and output a switch signal (latch to keep active high)?

Any IC can do the job, circuit as simple as possible and without using capacitor.
 

CDRIVE

Joined Jul 1, 2008
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1mS provides plenty of time to trigger many latching circuits. Even a small sensitive gate SCR should work. Since, as you say, the spike voltage is much greater than the ambient signal you should be able to use a simple voltage divider, but depending on how large Rin is you may have to use a small compensation cap across the Vinput resistor Rin. If need be, but I doubt it, a 555 can be used as a pulse stretcher and made to latch.
 

CDRIVE

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Here's a 555 being used as a latch. Note the absence of timing components. Please ignore the push button pulse source in the schematic. I used it for the Interactive mode in my Spice.

Edit: Modified graph to show a +12V Vcc base line.
 

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