This paper proposes an ultra-low quiescent current lowdropout regulator (LDO) with a flipped voltage follower (FVF)-based load transient enhanced circuit for wireless sensor network (WSN). Some characteristics of an FVF are low output impedance, low voltage operation, and simple circuit configuration [1]. In this paper, we focus on the characteristics of low output impedance and low quiescent current. A load transient enhanced circuit based on an FVF circuit configuration for an LDO was designed in this study. The proposed LDO, including the new circuit, was fabricated in a 0.6 μm CMOS process. The designed LDO achieved an undershoot of 75 mV under experimental conditions of a large load transient of 100 μA to 10 mA and a current slew rate (SR) of 1 μs. The quiescent current consumed by the LDO at no load operation was 204 nA.
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