Design of a Capacitor-less Low Dropout Voltage Regulator
Citation
Sheenam Ahmed, Isha Baokar, R Sakthivel "Design of a Capacitor-less Low Dropout Voltage Regulator", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V45(10),493-497 March 2017. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group
Abstract
With the growing need of battery powered mobile devices, power management has been of great concern in the electronics industry, an essential component being a low drop-out (LDO) voltage regulator. LDO voltage regulators improve battery`s power efficiency and life. The designed LDO voltage regulator is designed with self-compensated error amplifier, along with PMOS current sourcing for quick charging and discharging at the output node. It provides a stable regulated output voltage in the range of 40- 45mV with a dropout voltage of 200mV. Simulated results demonstrate that the proposed LDO voltage regulator has power consumption of 10.78uW thereby, reducing the power consumption by 30.18% which makes it more economic for power management architectures.
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Keywords
LDO;drop-out; PMOS current sourcing; Kickback effect.