摘要:
A three terminal control circuit for a low dropout voltage regulator having a PNP pass transistor is provided. The control circuit is capable of pulling the base-drive point down to a voltage of 3.0 volts or less to permit a current limiting resistor to be inserted between the base drive point and the base of the PNP pass transistor. The control circuit includes a pair of small-valued capacitors for providing stable operation with different output capacitors. The control circuit can also be used with p-channel FET pass transistors.
摘要:
A non-linear temperature correction circuit is provided which utilizes, in one embodiment, a pair of semiconductor elements such as a pair of transistors electrically connected to a common biasing current having a negative temperature coefficient and a negative temperature coefficient voltage is applied between the bases of the transistors. The output of one of the transistors is a non-linear output current which is non-linear with respect to temperature and where the output current has an inflection point.
摘要:
A three terminal control circuit for a low dropout voltage regulator having a PNP pass transistor is provided. The control circuit is capable of pulling the base drive point down to a voltage of 3.0 volts or less to permit a current limiting resistor to be inserted between the base drive point and the base of the PNP pass transistor. The control circuit includes a pair of small-valued capacitors for providing stable operation with different output capacitors. The control circuit can also be used with p-channel FET pass transistors.
摘要:
An arrangement for cancelling the input bias current, at picoampere levels, in linear integrated circuits such as operational amplifiers, comparators, and the like is disclosed herein. This arrangement utilizes circuitry including a tracking transistor which is virtually independent of the presence or absence of leakage current in the overall integrated circuit, even at relatively high temperatures, for example 125.degree. C., where leakage current can be most significant.
摘要:
Switching regulator circuits and methods are provided in which the output circuit is adaptable to maintain high efficiency over various load current levels. The regulator circuits generate one or more control signals in response to the load current and selectively route a switch driver control signal to one or more switches in the output circuit. The switches differ in their size, such that the most efficient switch can be used at a particular load current level. At low load current levels, the driver control signal is routed to output circuitry with smaller switch devices, which incur smaller driver current losses for a given frequency of operation, thereby increasing the regulator efficiency. At high load current levels, the driver control signal is routed to large switch devices, which incur greater driver current losses for a given frequency of operation, but which have a lower impedance. The regulator thus maintains high efficiency over a wide range of load currents while operating at a constant frequency.
摘要:
A three terminal control circuit for a low dropout voltage regulator having a PNP pass transistor is provided. The control circuit is capable of pulling the base drive point down to a voltage of 3.0 volts or less to permit a current limiting resistor to be inserted between the base drive point and the base of the PNP pass transistor. The control circuit includes a pair of small-valued capacitors for providing stable operation with different output capacitors. The control circuit can also be used with p-channel FET pass transistors.
摘要:
A dual polarity voltage regulator circuit that is capable of regulating either positive or negative voltages is disclosed. The regulator circuitry of the present invention provides dual polarity regulation while requiring only one additional pin over a single polarity regulator. The present invention utilizes a single error amplifier, a negative feedback network, and an overshoot recovery circuit in providing dual polarity regulation. One advantage of the negative feedback network of the present invention is that the regulator circuit uses the same error amplifier (i.e., only one error amplifier) to regulate both positive and negative input voltages. The negative feedback network actively affects signals input into the error amplifier during negative regulation, but is essentially disabled during positive regulation. Thus, positive and negative voltage regulation are provided using a single error amplifier that retains its multiple functions (for example, oscillator frequency shifting, overshoot improvement and loop frequency compensation).
摘要:
Control circuits for a switching voltage regulator circuit which uses magnetic flux sensing are provided. These circuits can be used to improve output voltage regulation by reducing parasitic effects inherently present in magnetic flux-sensed feedback switching voltage regulator designs.
摘要:
A low-noise switching regulator and a method for driving an inductive load, employing current slew control and voltage slew control, is provided. Open and closed loop embodiments, as well as first and higher order slewing, are also provided.
摘要:
Circuits and methods are provided for increasing the turn-off switching speed of a high-speed integrated circuit, bipolar switching regulator. The regulator The circuit runs at megahertz frequencies, yet is efficient as previously available bipolar integrated circuit switching regulators operating at much lower frequencies. The increased speed switch turn-off circuitry prevents the switch from spending too much time in a high power state (which would slow the switch down), increases the stability of the switch as compared with previously known designs. In a preferred embodiment, the circuitry includes a PNP transistor and a diode-connected transistor with their base-emitter circuits coupled to form a loop with the base-emitter circuit of a NPN transistor and the base-collector circuit of the switch to limit the on state voltage of the switch and control its depth of saturation. A capacitor is connected across the diode-connected transistor to reduce instabilities due to ringing caused by delays in the feedback loop.