Soft switching low drop-out regulator
AssigneesSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsWanyeong Jung, Jeongmyeong Kim
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Abstract
A soft switching low dropout (LDO) regulator includes a soft quantizer configured to output a plurality of voltage signals, an inverter-based buffer configured to receive the plurality of voltage signals and output a plurality of amplified or buffered voltage signals, and a power transistor array including a plurality of power transistors. An operation region of each of the plurality of power transistors is determined according to a corresponding amplified or buffered voltage signal.
Claims20
A soft switching low dropout (LDO) regulator comprising:
- a soft quantizer configured to output a plurality of voltage signals;
- an inverter-based buffer configured to receive the plurality of voltage signals and output a plurality of amplified or buffered voltage signals;
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- a power transistor array comprising a plurality of power transistors,
- wherein an operation region of each power transistor of the plurality of power transistors is determined according to a corresponding amplified or buffered voltage signal.
A soft switching low dropout (LDO) regulator comprising:
- a soft quantizer comprising a plurality of resistors configured to output a plurality of voltage signals;
- an inverter-based buffer comprising a plurality of inverters connected in parallel configured to amplify or buffer the plurality of voltage signals;
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- a power transistor array comprising a plurality of power transistors connected to the plurality of inverters, respectively, and configured to generate an output voltage based on the plurality of amplified or buffered voltage signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.