The influx of scrutiny for power designs to meet new standards means that you can no longer neglect power design by leveraging a good enough rail without considering the consequences. What should we worry most about? What specification is critical when powering certain loads? How do you extrapolate the available information in order to determine performance under unspecified conditions? This e-book from Texas Instruments will help to address all of these questions.
Low dropout regulators (LDOs) are a simple way to regulate an output voltage powered from a higher-voltage input. For the most part, they are easy to design with and use. However, modern applications now include a wider array of analogue and digital systems. In turn we are now required to pay attention to the systems and operating conditions which will determine what kind of LDO is best suited for the circuit.
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