This book presents a thorough state-of-the-art review for internally compensated Low Dropout Regulators (IC-LDO). It serves as a useful guide for circuit designers. The advantages and disadvantages of each cell proposed are highlighted. The authors describe an alternative to the classical topology; the Flipped Voltage Follower (FVF), which has been recently applied in the design of internally compensated LDOs to enhance their performances. This book provides novel circuits enhancing those parameters of LDO related with frequency behavior and power consumption. These solutions, as well as their appropriate design methodology, are properly described within the text.

Auteur
J.M. Hinojo is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, Spain. His main research interests include power management circuits as low-dropout regulators or DC/DC converters and low-power low-voltage analogue microelectronics. C. Luján-Martínez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, Spain. Her main research interests are in low power low voltage analogue and mixed signal microelectronics.

Antonio Torralba is a Professor and Director at the Department of Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Seville, Spain. He leads a research group on mixed signal design and his research interests include low power low voltage analogue and mixed signal microelectronics.

Contenu

Introduction.- Internally compensated Low Dropout regulators (LDOs).- Alternative approach: Flipped Voltage Follower as LDO regulator.- Adaptive Continuous Compensation for LDOs.- An Ultra-Low-Power LDO.