A frequency compensation scheme for LDO voltage regulators

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1041-1050

  Chava, Chaitanya K ^a   Silva Martínez, José ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency compensation; LDO stability; Linear regulators; Low dropout (LDO) regulator; Power management

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

FREQUENCY COMPENSATION; LOW DROPOUT STABILITY; LOW DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR; POWER MANAGEMENT;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 3042600260     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2004.829239     Document Type: Article

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