Class AB voltage regulator

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C327S541000, C323S316000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06922099

ABSTRACT:
Circuitry including a voltage regulator including a first stage and a second stage, wherein an output of the first stage is coupled to an input of the second stage, wherein current of the second stage is mirrored through a current path to a current mirror driver, the current mirror driver adapted to perform a first Class AB action including at least one of sourcing and sinking current from a voltage supply VPP, wherein an output of the current mirror driver is connected to an output of the voltage regulator, and a first circuit connected to the current path and adapted to sample current in the current path, wherein during steady state current in the current path, the first circuit provides negligible current to the output of the voltage regulator, and during transient current conditions, the first circuit performs a second Class AB action complementary to the first Class AB action including at least one of sinking and sourcing current from the voltage supply VPP.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5636288 (1997-06-01), Bonneville et al.
patent: 5726946 (1998-03-01), Yamagata et al.
patent: 5847441 (1998-12-01), Cutter et al.
patent: 5861771 (1999-01-01), Matsuda et al.
patent: 5903031 (1999-05-01), Yamada et al.
patent: 5963412 (1999-10-01), En
patent: 6011725 (2000-01-01), Eitan
patent: 6028324 (2000-02-01), Su et al.
patent: 6081456 (2000-06-01), Dadashev
patent: 6285246 (2001-09-01), Basu
patent: 6407537 (2002-06-01), Antheunis
patent: 0693781 (1996-01-01), None
P. E. Allen and D. R. Holberg in “CMOS Analog Circuit Design” (Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 259.
J. S. Shor, Y. Sofer, Y. Polansky, and E. Maayan, inISCAS 2002, Phoenix, Arizona.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Class AB voltage regulator does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Class AB voltage regulator, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Class AB voltage regulator will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3426035

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.