A fully on-chip LDO voltage regulator with 37 dB PSRR at 1 MHz for remotely powered biomedical implants

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-168

  Majidzadeh, Vahid ^a   Silay, Kanber Mithat ^a   Schmid, Alexandre ^a   Dehollain, Catherine ^a   Leblebici, Yusuf ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortical implants; Inductive link; Ldo voltage regulator; PSRR

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING LOADS; BANDGAP REFERENCE; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CASCODE COMPENSATION; CHIP AREAS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; CORTICAL IMPLANTS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; FULL-LOAD; GROUND CURRENTS; INDUCTIVE LINK; LDO VOLTAGE REGULATOR; LINE REGULATION; LOAD REGULATIONS; LOW POWER; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NOMINAL VOLTAGE; ON CHIPS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; POWER CARRIER; PSRR; TIME DOMAIN;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 79958267349     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-010-9556-7     Document Type: Article

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