A CMOS Low-Dropout Regulator with Current-Mode Feedback Buffer Amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 922-926

  Oh, Wonseok ^a   Bakkaloglu, Bertan ^b  

^a RF MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Current feedback amplifier (CFA); low dropout regulators (LDRs); power supply rejection

Indexed keywords

BUFFER AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CURRENT FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; LOW-DROPOUT REGULATORS;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 36248933177     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2007.901621     Document Type: Article

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