Circuit to control the effect of dielectric absorption in dynamic voltage scaling low dropout regulator

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PATENT NO 9122289
APP PUB NO 20140152279A1
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13692438

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A circuit and method provides compensation for disturbance of an output voltage caused by dielectric absorption of a load capacitor of a low dropout voltage regulator after a modification of the output voltage level of the low dropout voltage regulator. A dielectric absorption current compensation circuit generates a profile current that is applied to an output of the low dropout voltage regulator and in parallel with the load capacitor to compensate for the dielectric absorption current. The dielectric absorption current compensation circuit has a programmable profile current generator that generates the profile current. A switchable current mirror transfers a mirror profile compensation current to the load capacitor to compensate for the dielectric absorption current. In some embodiments, the profile current is a continuous profile dielectric absorption compensation current and in other embodiments, the profile current is a digital profile dielectric absorption compensation current.

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DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH73230 KIRCHHEIM/TECK-NABERN

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Howes, Rupert Stroud, GB 6 48

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