Invention Grant
- Patent Title: N-channel input pair voltage regulator with soft start and current limitation circuitry
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Application No.: US16941918Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US11435768B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Zhenghao Cui , Fei Wang , Ming Jiang
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co. Ltd
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co. Ltd
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co. Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: CN201410856920.3 20141229
- Main IPC: G05F1/575
- IPC: G05F1/575 ; G05F1/45 ; G05F3/26

Abstract:
A voltage regulator includes two input pairs of opposite type transistors, p-type and n-type, to provide a soft-start functionality for gradually increasing the voltage regulator's output voltage from zero, or a voltage below the thresholds of the n-type transistors, to an operational voltage. The voltage regulator operates in a soft-start mode during which a variable input voltage signal is ramped up to allow the output voltage to reach the operational voltage, and a normal-operation mode during which the operational voltage is maintained.
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