Linear regulator, semiconductor device, and switching power supply

Abstract

A linear regulator includes: a first transistor of an N-channel type configured to be connected between an application terminal for an input terminal and an application terminal for a stabilized voltage; a second transistor of an N-channel type configure to, by forming a current mirror type output stage with the first transistor, generate an output current flowing in the first transistor by mirroring a bias current flowing in the second transistor itself; a feedback controller circuit configured to control the bias current according to the difference between a feedback voltage corresponding to the stabilized voltage and a predetermined reference voltage; and a load configured to draw a first leakage current from a control terminal common to the first and second transistors.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.