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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Marco Corsi, Dallas, TX (US);
Nicolas Salamina, Dallas, TX (US);
Jeffrey W Sanders, Plano, TX (US);
Michael R Kay, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A voltage regulator circuit (10) is provided. Regulator circuit (10) includes an amplifier (18) with an emitter follower output stage (26). Emitter follower stage (26) is coupled to a gate of a PMOS transistor (28). The source of transistor (28) is coupled to an input voltage at a power supply rail (12). Regulator (10) provides an output at node (14) at a drain of transistor (28). The output at node (14) is divided by resistors (30 and 34) and provided in a negative feedback loop to an input of amplifier (18). A reference voltage (22) is also provided to a second input of amplifier (18) such that the output at node (14) is a regulated voltage.