FVF-Based Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator with Fast Charging/Discharging Paths for Fast Line and Load Regulation

A new internally compensated low drop-out voltage regulator based on the cascoded flipped voltage follower is presented in this paper. Adaptive biasing current and fast charging/discharging paths have been added to rapidly charge and discharge the parasitic capacitance of the pass transistor gate, t...

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Autores: Hinojo Montero, José María, Luján Martínez, Clara Isabel, Torralba Silgado, Antonio Jesús, Ramírez Angulo, Jaime
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/94659
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/94659
https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.17.0116.0766
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Low drop-out (LDO)
Voltage regulator
Flipped voltage follower (FVF)
Descripción
Sumario:A new internally compensated low drop-out voltage regulator based on the cascoded flipped voltage follower is presented in this paper. Adaptive biasing current and fast charging/discharging paths have been added to rapidly charge and discharge the parasitic capacitance of the pass transistor gate, thus improving the transient response. The proposed regulator was designed with standard 65-nm CMOS technology. Measurements show load and line regulations of 433.80 μV/mA and 5.61 mV/V, respectively. Furthermore, the output voltage spikes are kept under 76 mV for 0.1 mA to 100 mA load variations and 0.9 V to 1.2 V line variations with rise and fall times of 1 μs. The total current consumption is 17.88 μA (for a 0.9 V supply voltage).