Research Article

A 5 V-to-3.3 V CMOS Linear Regulator with Three-Output Temperature-Independent Reference Voltages

Table 2

The comparison of the proposed linear regulator to other existing linear regulators.

Specifications2007 [4]
TCS-I
2010 [6]
TCS-II
1998 [7]
JSSC
2010 [10]
Microelectronics
This work

Process0.35 μm
CMOS
0.5 μm
CMOS
2 μm
CMOS
0.35 μm
CMOS
0.18 μm
CMOS
Supply voltage (V)34.211.85
Quiescent current (μA)65 (without reference circuit)50 (without reference circuit)23 (without reference circuit)492 (without reference circuit)247.6 (with reference circuit)
Load regulation (mV/mA)NA1.20.40.0130.4
PSRR (dB)−53
(1 KHz)
N/ANANA−42.85
(60 Hz)
Settling time 15 us4 us70 us50 ns50 ns
Maximum output current (mA)5010050180200
Chip size (mm2)0.120.2631.3750.2050.16