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Low dropout voltage regulator

US7173402B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2004
Grant dateFeb 6, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F1/575
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A low dropout voltage regulator (LDO) includes a regulating circuit, an amplifier, and a first compensating path. The regulating circuit is configured to receive an input signal at an input terminal and provide an output signal at an output terminal in response to a control signal received at the control terminal. The amplifier may have a first input terminal coupled to a first input path and an output terminal be coupled to the control terminal of the regulating circuit via a path to provide the control signal. The first compensating path is coupled between a first node on the first input path and a first node on the path coupling the output terminal of the amplifier to the control terminal of the regulating circuit, the first compensating path including a first compensating capacitor.

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