Analog Circuit Design Volume 2

Section 1

Power Management Tutorials

Performance enhancement techniques for three-terminal regulators (1)

This application note describes a number of enhancement circuit techniques used with existing 3-terminal regulators which extend current capability, limit power dissipation, provide high voltage output, operate from 110VAC or 220VAC without the need to switch transformer windings, and many other useful application ideas.

Load transient response testing for voltage regulators (2)

Semiconductor memory, card readers, microprocessors, disc drives, piezoelectric devices and digitally based systems furnish transient loads that a voltage regulator must service. Ideally, regulator output is invariant during a load transient. In practice, some variation ...