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A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS
Xiangyu Mao; Yan Lu; Rui P. Martins
2022-11
Source PublicationIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
ISSN1549-8328
Volume69Issue:11Pages:4443-4452
Abstract

This paper presents a high-current calibration-free analog-digital hybrid controlled LDO for large-area digital load. The proposed architecture has the advantages of an analog controller (continuous and high DC accuracy) with distributed digital power transistors (flexible and scalable for high current applications). Distinctive from the conventional digital LDOs that directly quantize the output voltage, the proposed LDO utilizes an error amplifier (EA) to pre-amplify the V $_{\mathrm{OUT}}$ error. Then, a 5-bit time-to-digital converter (TDC) quantizes the processed analog error signal subsequently transformed into a thermometer code that directly controls the distributed digital power transistors. This design can pull off high DC accuracy even without calibration. Besides, we implement an auxiliary constant current (ACC) circuit to solve reliability issues and to improve the stability under a large voltage dropout. Fabricated in a 28-nm bulk CMOS process with a 1.2-A load capability, the proposed LDO achieves 2- $\mu$ V/mA load regulation and close to 1.5% output accuracy. By employing a wide bandwidth EA and a fast TDC, the hybrid LDO can obtain a fast transient response. The measured undershoot is 70 mV with a 0.6-A load step within 10-ns edge time, and the output voltage can scale from 0.6 V to 0.9 V within 30 ns.

KeywordCalibration Codes Digital Distributed Power Delivery Dynamic Voltage And Frequency Scaling (Dvfs) Fully-integrated Voltage Regulator (Fivr) Hybrid Control Hybrid Power Systems Low-dropout Regulator (Ldo) Power Transistors Quantization (Signal) Thermometers Voltage Control
DOI10.1109/TCSI.2022.3198268
URLView the original
Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaEngineering
WOS SubjectEngineering, Electrical & Electronic
WOS IDWOS:000842756300001
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85136861022
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionTHE STATE KEY LABORATORY OF ANALOG AND MIXED-SIGNAL VLSI (UNIVERSITY OF MACAU)
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Corresponding AuthorYan Lu
AffiliationInstitute of Microelectronics, and FST-DECE, State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China
First Author AffilicationFaculty of Science and Technology
Corresponding Author AffilicationFaculty of Science and Technology
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Xiangyu Mao,Yan Lu,Rui P. Martins. A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS[J]. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 2022, 69(11), 4443-4452.
APA Xiangyu Mao., Yan Lu., & Rui P. Martins (2022). A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 69(11), 4443-4452.
MLA Xiangyu Mao,et al."A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS".IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers 69.11(2022):4443-4452.
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