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limiter: a standalone construct

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limiter1 CONSTRUCTLimiter circuitSEDRA & SMITH · CLIPPER

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Electronics

A circuit that clips a voltage to a bound

In electronics, a limiter (or clipper) is a circuit, often built from diodes, that prevents a signal voltage from rising above (or falling below) a set level by clamping the waveform once it reaches that bound. Sedra and Smith's Microelectronic circuits presents diode limiter and clamping circuits, showing how the transfer characteristic flattens beyond the limiting level. The referent is a voltage-bounding circuit defined by its transfer characteristic, related to but distinct from an audio dynamics limiter and entirely separate from a software cap on request rate.[1]

Unit
The voltage level beyond which the circuit clamps the waveform
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Characterised by its transfer characteristic: the input level at which clamping begins and the limited output level

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References

  1. Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (2010). Microelectronic circuits (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195323030

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