Title :
Low power voltage regulator for EPROM applications
Author :
Shor, Joseph ; Sofer, Yair ; Polansky, Yan ; Maayan, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Saifun Semicond., Netanya, Israel
Abstract :
A new regulator concept is described which is based on stacked diode-connected transistors rather that resistor based voltage dividers. The circuit provides an accurate voltage which is driven to a capacitive load by a class AB driver. The regulator has a significantly lower power consumption than conventional regulators, and is suitable for providing regulated boosted wordline voltages for EPROM devices.
Keywords :
EPROM; MOSFET circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; voltage regulators; 30 muA; EPROM applications; NMOS transistors; PMOS transistors; accurate voltage; capacitive load; class AB driver; drive capability; feed-forward constant biasing; low power voltage regulator; power consumption; quiescent current; regulated boosted wordline voltages; stacked diode-connected transistors; Analog integrated circuits; Driver circuits; EPROM; Energy consumption; Low voltage; MOS devices; Regulators; Resistors; Semiconductor diodes; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2002. ISCAS 2002. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7448-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2002.1010521
