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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Thierry Soude, Marseilles, FR;
Frederic Demolli, Rognac, FR;
Joao Pedro Antunes Carreira, Pourriere, FR;
Thierry Soude, Marseilles, FR;
Frederic Demolli, Rognac, FR;
Joao Pedro Antunes Carreira, Pourriere, FR;
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A low dropout voltage regulator with switching output current boost circuit. In one aspect of the invention, a voltage regulator circuit includes a low dropout voltage regulator providing an output voltage at an output based on an input voltage at an input, and a boost circuit connected to the low dropout voltage regulator. The boost circuit includes a comparator and a boost transistor device for allowing additional current to be provided to the output of the low dropout voltage regulator when the output voltage of the current regulator falls below a predetermined threshold.