Linear Regulators Keep Shrinking.(Micrel Inc.'s dual ultra-low dropout voltage linear regulators.)(Linear regulator from National Semiconductor Corp.)(Linear Technology Corp.'s synchronous buck regulator.)

Design News, October, 2006

By Design News Staff More features, less space The engineers who design linear regulator are doing their part to help portable products continue shrinking. Packages continue to get smaller while performance specs get better. These devices trim overall size by squeezing two parts into a single package or by incorporating functions so fewer external parts are needed.

Either way, linear regulators are helping make products more compact without sacrificing battery lifetimes. Small parts have big specs Design News Staff Micrel Inc. has packaged dual ultra-low dropout voltage ULDO linear regulators in a 1.6 x 1.6 mm 6-pin MLF package. Despite their small size, the parts have ultra-low dropout voltages of 35 mV at 150 mA and more than...

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