Low dropout regulator
AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorChih-Feng Lin
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AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorChih-Feng Lin
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A low dropout regulator including an amplifier circuit, an equalizer circuit, a compensation capacitor, a discharge circuit and a detection circuit. The amplifier circuit operates between a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage and includes a differential input pair having a first stage input circuit and a second stage input circuit. The amplifier circuit is configured to generate an output voltage according to an input voltage and a reference voltage. The equalizer circuit is coupled between two intermediate nodes where the first stage circuit and the second stage input circuit are stacked, and is configured to short circuit as controlled by a control signal. The discharge circuit is configured to pull down a common mode voltage of a common terminal of the differential input pair as controlled by the control signal. The detection circuit is configured to generate the control signal according to a node voltage of one of the two intermediate nodes.
A low dropout regulator, comprising:
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