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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;

Inventors:

Giovanni Bisson, Schio (Vi), IT;

Marco Flaibani, Padua, IT;

Marco Piselli, Padua, IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/44 (2006.01); G05F 1/575 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2013.01);
Abstract

A low-dropout voltage regulator includes a power transistor configured to receive an input voltage and to provide a regulated output voltage at an output voltage node. The power transistor includes a control electrode configured to receive a driver signal. A reference circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage. A feedback network is coupled to the power transistor and is configured to provide a first feedback signal and a second feedback signal. The first feedback signal represents the output voltage and the second feedback signal represents an output voltage gradient. An error amplifier is configured to receive the reference voltage and the first feedback signal representing the output voltage. The error amplifier is configured to generate the driver signal dependent on the reference voltage and the first feedback signal. The error amplifier includes an output stage that is biased with a bias current responsive to the second feedback signal.


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