• DocumentCode
    1567495
  • Title

    LDO compensation strategy based on current buffer/amplifiers

  • Author

    Giustolisi, Gianluca ; Palumbo, Gaetano ; Spitale, Ester

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. Elettron. e dei Sist., Univ. di Catania, Catania
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    116
  • Lastpage
    119
  • Abstract
    In this communication, we propose a compensation procedure for LDO regulators which exploits both a current/buffer amplifier Miller compensation and a standard Miller compensation. The analysis shows how to design the compensation network in order to guarantee the stability for all the loading conditions. The results are then used to design a LDO regulator which is stable for a load current range of 4 orders of magnitude (from 10 muA to 100 mA) without requiring an external off-chip capacitor with ESR. Simulations in good agreement with the theoretical results are also shown.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; buffer circuits; circuit stability; compensation; network synthesis; voltage regulators; LDO compensation strategy; current-buffer amplifier Miller compensation; low-drop out voltage regulators; Capacitance; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Communication standards; Frequency; Power amplifiers; Regulators; Stability analysis; Transfer functions; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuit Theory and Design, 2007. ECCTD 2007. 18th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seville
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1341-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1342-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCTD.2007.4529550
  • Filename
    4529550