A low-voltage, low quiescent current, low drop-out regulator

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-43

  Rincon Mora, Gabriel A ^a,b   Allen, Phillip E ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low drop out; Low voltage regulators; Power supply circuits; Regulators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MOSFET DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BREAKDOWN VOLTAGES; LOW DROP OUT REGULATORS; QUIESCENT CURRENT;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 0031698077     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.654935     Document Type: Article

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