Ultra-Low-Power Low Drop-Out (LDO) Voltage Regulator With Improved Power Supply Rejection

Abstract

Having a high-power supply rejection (PSR) over a wide range of frequencies is a very important specification for most of low-dropout voltage regulators (LDOs). A low-power LDO with 2 methods of high-frequency PSR and loop stability compensation techniques is presented in this paper. The proposed LDO achieves a high PSR over a wide frequency range with low power and small area consumption. The LDO is implemented in 65 nm CMOS technology and achieves a PSR better than 77 dB up to 30 MHz for output load currents up to 25 mA and a 4 μF output load capacitor. The design is suitable for capacitor loaded (Capped) LDOs with a wide output load current range up to 100 mA and output load capacitor range from 1 μF to 12 μF. The proposed LDO consumes a no-load quiescent current of 5 μA and an area of 400 μm × 200 μm.