Title :
Very Low Drop Voltage Regulator with a Fully Complementary Power Process
Author :
Gariboldi, R. ; Morelli, M.
Author_Institution :
SGS Microelettronica S.p.A., 20019 Settimo Milanese (MI), Italy
Abstract :
A very low drop voltage regulator with a new vertical (collector insulated) power PNP transistor is presented. An antisaturation circuit prevents the current peak at the start-up of the device. A zener-zap trimmed reference makes possible a ± 1% output voltage tolerance.
Keywords :
Circuit stability; Driver circuits; Insulation; Low voltage; Operational amplifiers; Photonic band gap; Power generation; Regulators; Surge protection; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1986. ESSCIRC '86. Twelfth European
Conference_Location :
Delft, The Netherlands
