A high slew-rate push-pull output amplifier for low-quiescent current low-dropout regulators with transient-response improvement

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 755-759

  Man, Tsz Yin ^a   Mok, Philip K T ^a   Chan, Mansun ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High slew rate low dropout (LDO) regulator; low quiescent current; tail current

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; TRANSISTORS;

LOW-DROPOUT (LDO) REGULATOR; LOW-QUIESCENT CURRENT; SLEW-RATE AMPLIFIER; TAIL CURRENT;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 34648831845     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2007.900347     Document Type: Article

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