Embedded 5 V-to-3.3 V voltage regulator for supplying digital IC´s in 3.3 V CMOS technology

Author

Den Besten, Gerrit W. ; Nauta, Bram

Author_Institution

Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

33

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

956

Lastpage

962

Abstract

A fully integrated 5 V-to-3.3 V supply voltage regulator for application in digital IC´s has been designed in a 3.3 V 0.5 μm CMOS process. The regulator is able to deliver peak current transients of 300 mA, while the output voltage remains within a margin of 10% around the nominal value. The circuit draw´s a static quiescent current of 750 μA during normal operation, and includes a power-down mode with only 10 μA current consumption. The die area is 1 mm², and can be scaled proportional to the maximum peak current. Special precautions have been taken to allow 5 V in the 3.3 V process

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; power supply circuits; voltage regulators; 0.5 micron; 5 to 3.3 V; CMOS technology; digital IC; embedded supply voltage regulator; peak current transient; power-down mode; static quiescent current; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Integrated circuit technology; Manufacturing processes; Power dissipation; Regulators; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.701230

Filename

701230