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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-Chi Yang, Changhua, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit and a method for supplying a regulated voltage to a target circuit characterized by fast changes in current loading are described. A voltage regulator supplies the regulated voltage to an output node. The voltage regulator has a transistor having a gate, a first terminal connected to a power supply terminal, and a second terminal connected to the output node of the voltage regulator. A voltage transition generator is capacitively coupled to the gate of the transistor to increase or decrease its driving power upon occurrence of an event in the target circuit indicating a change in current loading. The change in current loading can have an expected magnitude, and the voltage transition can have a magnitude that is a function of an expected magnitude of the increase or decrease in current loading.