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Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Hiroki Asano, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuhiko Ariyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Susumu Tanimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/59 (2006.01); G05F 1/575 (2006.01); G05F 1/563 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2013.01); G05F 1/563 (2013.01); G05F 1/59 (2013.01);
Abstract

A voltage regulator and a corresponding method of regulating a voltage are presented. The voltage regulator includes an N-type power switch, an error amplifier, and a switch capacitor circuit. The switch capacitor circuit includes a first capacitor coupled to a network of switches, the switch capacitor circuit has a first port coupled to an output the error amplifier, a second port coupled to an output terminal of the power switch, and a third port coupled to a control terminal of the power switch. The switch capacitor circuit is iteratively operable between a first phase and a second phase. In the first phase the first port is coupled to ground via a path comprising the first capacitor, and in the second phase the second port is coupled to the third port via a path comprising the first capacitor. The voltage regulator may be implemented as a low dropout regulator.


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