Microelectronics, Volume. 52, Issue 6, 1009(2022)
Design of a Fast Transient Response LDO
An LDO with fast transient response characteristics for off-chip large capacitance scenarios is proposed. The circuit was constituted with a high bandwidth voltage buffer by adopting the structure of negative feedback for load current sampling. A cascode compensation structure with capacitance multiplication function was used. Under the condition of external 1 μF load capacitance, only 500 fF on-chip compensation capacitance could ensure stability in the full load range. By using adaptive biasing technology, the transient response speed was further improved while reducing light-load power consumption. The circuit was designed and simulated in 0.18 μm CMOS process. The simulation results show that when the input voltage of the LDO is 1.2 V and the output voltage is 1 V, the overshoot and undershoot voltage are 10.7 mV and 8 mV respectively under a step load change from 150 mA to 100 μA within 0.7 μs.
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ZOU Ruiheng, KUANG Jianjun, XIONG Jin, MING Xin, WANG Zhuo, ZHANG Bo. Design of a Fast Transient Response LDO[J]. Microelectronics, 2022, 52(6): 1009
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Received: Dec. 10, 2021
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Published Online: Mar. 11, 2023
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