International Journal of Engineering and Technology

There are four possible types of hysteresis characteristics; two of them are well-documented in the literature while the other two do not appear at all. The circuit realizations of the latter two characteristics are presented in this paper. Range of phase shift provided by each type of hysteresis circuit with respect to the input waveform is given. A typical application involving the use of all the types of hysteresis characteristics is presented. Practical results are included.