Fast transient current-steering CMOS LDO regulator based on current feedback amplifier

Integration, the VLSI Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-171

  Saberkari, Alireza ^a   Alarcón, Eduard ^b   Shokouhi, Shahriar B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Current feedback amplifier; Fast transient response; Linear regulator; Low dropout

Indexed keywords

CURRENT EFFICIENCY; CURRENT FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER; CURRENT STEERING; FAST TRANSIENT RESPONSE; FAST TRANSIENTS; FLIPPED VOLTAGE FOLLOWER; FULL-LOAD; HIGH PSRR; INTERNAL COMPENSATION; LDO REGULATOR; LINEAR REGULATORS; LOAD CURRENTS; LOAD TRANSIENTS; LOW DROPOUT; LOW-DROPOUT REGULATORS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; NO-LOAD CONDITIONS; ON CURRENTS; OPEN-LOOP VOLTAGE; OUTPUT BUFFER; OUTPUT CAPACITOR; OUTPUT LOAD; PASS TRANSISTORS; POST LAYOUT SIMULATION; QUIESCENT CURRENTS;

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84871922421     PISSN: 01679260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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