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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;
Yotaro Nihei, Chiba, JP;
Manabu Fujimura, Chiba, JP;
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a voltage regulator capable of suppressing excessive overshoot at the output terminal when the power supply fluctuates in a non-regulate state. The voltage regulator includes: an error amplification circuit that amplifies a difference between reference voltage and divided voltage, thus controlling a gate of an output transistor; an amplifier that compares the reference voltage and the divided voltage to detect overshoot at the output voltage; a first transistor that lets current that is proportional to current flowing through the output transistor pass therethrough; a current mirror circuit that mirrors current that is proportional to the current flowing through the output transistor; and a first bias circuit connected to the amplifier via the current mirror circuit, the first bias circuit increasing bias current of the amplifier to increase a response speed.