A wide-bandwidth PSR-enhanced low-dropout regulator using a bandpass feedforward supply ripple rejection circuit

A low-dropout regulator with a wide-bandwidth feedforward supply noise cancellation path for enhancing supply noise rejection at middle-to-high frequency is presented in this paper. This idea has been realized by a bandpass filter and a signal-nulling technique with the help of a voltage buffer. For the PSR filter design, the total on-chip capacitance is about 18.75 pF. This circuit has been implemented in a 0.35 µm CMOS process and occupies an active chip area of 0.062 mm2. From the experimental results, the proposed LDO can operate with nominal dropout voltage of 200 mV at maximum load of 25 mA and quiescent current of 26 μA. It achieves a power-supply rejection better than −59 dB up to 10 MHz with a 4 μF output capacitor.

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