Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low quiescent current linear regulator circuit
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Application No.: US14880614Application Date: 2015-10-12
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Publication No.: US09651965B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Zhenghao Cui , 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: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: CN201510631259 20150929
- Main IPC: G05F1/565
- IPC: G05F1/565 ; G05F1/575

Abstract:
A linear regulator circuit includes a power transistor coupled between an input voltage node and an output voltage node. A control circuit of the linear regulator includes a feedback network having an input coupled to the output voltage node and an output configured to generate a feedback voltage. An error amplifier receives a reference voltage and the feedback voltage to generate an error signal. A driver circuit receives the error signal and has an output coupled to drive a control terminal of the power transistor. A first power supply terminal of the driver circuit is coupled to a first power supply node and a second power supply terminal of the driver circuit is coupled to the output voltage node. The bias current for operation of the driver circuit is accordingly directly sourced to the output voltage node to support low quiescent current operation of the regulator circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170090493A1 LOW QUIESCENT CURRENT LINEAR REGULATOR CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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