Apparatuses and methods for a load current control circuit for a source follower voltage regulator

An apparatus comprising:

• a voltage regulator configured to produce a regulated voltage;
• a plurality of current circuits coupled in parallel between an output node and a power node, each of the plurality of current circuits including first and second transistors coupled in series, the first transistor of each of the plurality of current circuits being biased with the regulated voltage;
• and
• a load detection circuit comprising third and fourth transistors coupled in series, the fourth transistor biased with the regulated voltage and configured to create load threshold voltages at a source of the fourth transistor and after respective ones of a plurality of resistors coupled in series to the source of the fourth transistor, the load detection circuit operable to activate the second transistor of selected one or ones of the plurality of current circuits in response to a comparison of respective ones of the threshold voltages with a voltage at the output node.