A Low-Power, Fast-Transient Output-Capacitorless LDO with Transient Enhancement Unit and Current Booster

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Abstract

With the wide application of advanced portable devices, output-capacitorless low dropout regulators (OCL-LDO) are receiving increasing attention. This paper presents a low quiescent current OCL-LDO with fast transient response. A transient enhancement unit (TEU) is proposed as the output voltage-spike detection circuit. It enhances the transient response by improving the slew-rate at the gate of the power transistor. In addition, a current booster (CB), which consists of a current subtractor and a non-linear current mirror, is designed to improve the slew-rate further. The current subtractor increases the transconductances of the differential-input transistors to obtain a large slewing current, while the non-linear current mirror further boosts the current with no extra quiescent current consumption. The simulated results show that the proposed OCL-LDO is capable of supplying 100 mA load current while consuming 10.3 µA quiescent current. It regulates the output at 1 V from a supply voltage ranging from 1.2 to 1.8 V. When the load current is stepped from 1 mA to 100 mA in 100 ns, the OCL-LDO has attained a settling time of 190 ns, and the output voltage undershoot and overshoot are controlled under 110 mV.

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Jiang, Y., Wang, L., Wang, S., Cui, M., Zheng, Z., & Li, Y. (2022). A Low-Power, Fast-Transient Output-Capacitorless LDO with Transient Enhancement Unit and Current Booster. Electronics (Switzerland), 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11050701

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