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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2024
U-blox Ag, Thalwil, CH;
Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos, Maroussi, GR;
Fani Liakou, Maroussi, GR;
Samuel Blatter, Thalwil, CH;
Thomas Christen, Thalwil, CH;
u-blox AG, Thalwil, CH;
Abstract
A low-dropout regulator circuit comprises a pass element (PE) between a supply terminal (VDD) and an output terminal (OUT) for providing an output voltage (vout). A control block (CB) is configured to control the pass element (PE) based on a difference between a feedback voltage (vfb) and a reference voltage (vref). The control block (CB) is configured to be selectively operated in a normal mode and in a low-supply mode depending on a selection signal (sel). In the normal mode the control block (CB) is configured to be operated with a first operating range (OR), the first operating range (OR) excluding a target output voltage, and in the low-supply mode the control block (CB) is configured to be operated with a second operating range (OR), the second operating range (OR) including the target output voltage and only partially overlapping with the first operating range (OR).