Full on-chip CMOS low-dropout voltage regulator

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1879-1890

  Milliken, Robert J ^a,b   Silva Martínez, Jose ^a   Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Linear Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Capacitorless low dropout (LDO); dc 2013; dc regulator; Fast path; LDO voltage regulators; Transient compensation

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

DROPOUT VOLTAGE; POWER SYSTEM INTEGRATION; TRANSIENT COMPENSATION;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 34648840463     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2007.902615     Document Type: Article

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