• DocumentCode
    3227824
  • Title

    A high precision low dropout regulator with nested feedback loops

  • Author

    Kuo, Ron-Chi ; Tsai, Tung-Han ; Hsieh, Yi-Jie ; Wang, Chua-Chin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    664
  • Lastpage
    667
  • Abstract
    A high precision low dropout regulator (LDO) with nested feedback loops is proposed in this paper. By nesting a zero-tracking compensation loop inside of the negative feedback loop comprising an Error Amplifier, the independence of off-chip capacitor and ESR is ensured for different load currents and operating voltages. Therefore, in low Iddq or low voltage scenarios, the total error of the output voltage caused by line and load variations is less than ±3% according to on-silicon measurement results.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; feedback; voltage regulators; error amplifier; line variations; load variations; low dropout regulator; negative feedback loop; nested feedback loops; off-chip capacitor; zero-tracking compensation loop; Capacitors; Current measurement; Noise; Photonic band gap; Poles and zeros; Regulators; Voltage control; LDO; Low dropout; low noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7454-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774832
  • Filename
    5774832