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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Vaclav Kotrc, Roznov pod Radhostem, CZ;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/625 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/625 (2013.01); H03F 1/0233 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an LDO circuit is configured to increase a bias current to an error amplifier of the LDO circuit, and to subsequently return the bias current to an earlier value in response to the output current increasing to greater than a threshold current level.