LP2950
Figure 16. Adjustable Regulator
Vin
100 k
Error
Output
5
Error
8
Vin
decreases the noise from 430
µV
to 160
µVrms
for a 100 kHz
bandwidth at the 5.0 V output.
Noise can be reduced fourfold by a bypass capacitor
across R1, since it reduces the high frequency gain from 4
to unity. Pick
C
Vout
SNS
1
2
6
NC
R1
NC
0.01
µF
Vout
1.23 to 30 V
3.3
µF
[
2
p
R1 x1200 Hz
Bypass
Shutdown
Input
3
SD
Gnd
4
VO T
FB
7
or about 0.01
µF.
When doing this, the output capacitor must
be increased to 3.3
µF
to maintain stability. These changes
reduce the output noise from 430
µV
to 126
µVrms
for a
100 kHz bandwidth at 5.0 V output. With bypass
capacitor added, noise no longer scales with output voltage
so that improvements are more dramatic at higher output
voltages.
Figure 17. 1.0 A Regulator with 1.2 V Dropout
R2
Unregulated
Input
1.0
µF
MTB23P06E
10 k
0.01
µF
Vout
5.0 V
±1.0%
0 to 1.0 A
Vout
1
2
6
220
µF
The complete equation for the output voltage is:
V out
+
V
ref
(
1
)
R1 R2
)
)
IFB R1
where Vref is the nominal 1.235 V reference voltage and IFB
is the feedback pin bias current, nominally – 20 nA. The
minimum recommended load current of 1.0
µA
forces an
upper limit of 1.2 MΩ on the value of R2, if the regulator
must work with no load. IFB will produce a 2% typical error
in Vout which may be eliminated at room temperature by
adjusting R1. For better accuracy, choosing R2 = 100 k
reduces this error to 0.17% while increasing the resistor
program current to 12
µA.
Since the LP2951 typically draws
75
µA
at no load with Pin 2 open circuited, the extra 12
µA
of current drawn is often a worthwhile tradeoff for
eliminating the need to set output voltage in test.
Output Noise
Error
Output
5 Error
8
Vin
SNS
LP2951CN
Shutdown
Input
3
SD
Gnd
4
VO T
FB
7
0.002
µF
1.0 M
2.0 k
In many applications it is desirable to reduce the noise
present at the output. Reducing the regulator bandwidth by
increasing the size of the output capacitor is the only method
for reducing noise on the 3 lead LP2950. However,
increasing the capacitor from 1.0
µF
to 220
µF
only
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