CMOS Fast Transient Low-Dropout Regulator
کلمات کلیدی:
fast transient; level-shifted flipped voltage follower; low-dropout
چکیده:
In this paper a fast transient response CFA-based low- dropout regulator (LDO) is introduced. The circuit is stable for 0-100mA output load current and a 1یF output capacitor without any internal compensation. The CFA consists of a voltage follower with output local current-current feedback based on a level-shifted flipped voltage follower (LSFVF) which is instrumental to achieve high regulation and fast transient response. The inverting output buffer stage of the CFA together with current-mirror-based driving of the pass transistor results in high PSRR. Full transistor-level simulation results for an AMS 0. 35یm CMOS process design reveal that the proposed LDO dissipates 58یA quiescent current at no-load condition and in worst case conditions has a current efficiency of 99. 8%. For a 1یF output capacitor, the maximum output voltage variation to a 0-100mA load transient with rise and fall time of 10 and 100ns is only 2. 5mV, and the PSRR is smaller than -58dB over the entire load current range.