A Robust Low-Voltage On-Chip LDO Voltage Regulator in 180 nm. (20th November 2008) - Patri, Sreehari Rao
Abstract : This paper proposes a capacitor-less LDO with improved steady-state response and reduced transient overshoots and undershoots. The novelty in this approach is that the regulation is improved to a greater extent by the improved error amplifier in addition to improved transient response against five vital process corners. Also entire quiescent current required is kept below 100 μ A . This LDO voltage regulator provides a constant 1.2 V output voltage against all load currents from zero to 50 mA with a maximum voltage drop of 200 mV. It is designed and tested using Spectre, targeted to be fabricated on UMC 180 nm.