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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2011
Sven Simons, Gratkorn, AT;
Sven Simons, Gratkorn, AT;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A regulator circuit is provided having multiple regulated output voltages. In accordance with various example embodiments, a regulator includes first and second pass transistors driven by a reference voltage generator circuit. The first pass transistor has a gate coupled to an output of the reference voltage generator circuit. A switching circuit is configured to couple the output of the reference voltage generator circuit to the gate of the second pass transistor in response to the enable signal being in a first state. The regulator includes a pre-charge circuit configured to charge the gate of the second pass transistor in response to an enable signal being in the first state.