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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Nicolas Marty, Claix, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
A voltage regulator includes a regulation MOS transistor and an amplifier providing an output for driving a gate of the regulation MOS transistor. The amplifier drives the gate based upon a difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. The voltage regulator may further include a circuit for making the amplifier switch to a standby mode with low current consumption when the difference between the supply voltage and the output voltage of the regulator is below a first threshold. This is done while maintaining, at the gate of the regulation transistor, a voltage that keeps the regulation transistor on. The present invention is particularly applicable to the management of power supplies in portable telephones.