A fully-digital phase-locked low dropout regulator in 32nm CMOS

A fully-digital phase-locked low dropout regulator (LDO) has been designed in 32nm CMOS for fine-grained power delivery to multi-Vcc digital circuits. Measurements across a wide range of input voltages and currents exhibit that the LDO offers excellent load regulation and efficiency close to 97% of ideal efficiency at nominal load current conditions (ILOAD=3mA).