Stable regulation of output voltage is an operational imperative of linear regulators. While this topic has been discussed in the past (Reference 1 and Reference 2), this article provides a practical, ...
[Kevin Darrah] wanted to make a simple 3.3V regulator without using an integrated circuit. He wound up using two common NPN transistors and 4 1K resistors. The circuit isn’t going to beat out a cheap ...
Linear voltage regulators are some of the most cost effective building blocks of power supplies. Their simple topologies and small footprint make them an excellent choice for budget designs and ...
Linear Technology’s 1.5-A LT3081 low-dropout (LDO) linear regulator targets industrial applications (Fig. 1). Today’s designers already have a plethora of switching regulator options, but Linear CTO ...
Some of the many low-dropout (LDO) regulators supplying voltage regulation for electronic systems are designed for low noise. For example, the IC in Figure 1 achieves an RMS noise voltage of about 115 ...