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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Burt L. Price, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dhaval R. Shah, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yeshwant Nagaraj Kolla, Wake Forest, NC (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An adaptive low dropout (LDO) regulator includes a load-based bias controller that generates a bias control signal based on the output load current, and has a differential amplifier with a bias adjustment that receives the bias control signal and responds by adjusting a bias of a transistor within the adaptive LOD regulator. Optionally, the bias control signal is generated according to a hysteresis rule. Optionally, the adaptive LOD regulator includes an adaptive load-based compensation network having a zero, the zero having a location based, at least in part, one more of an adjustable resistance or capacitance value controlled by the load-based bias controller.