ZHCSI13J October 2004 – November 2018 TPS75003
PRODUCTION DATA.
The LDO regulator uses a PMOS transistor to achieve low dropout. When (VIN – VOUT) is less than the dropout voltage (VDO), the pass transistor is in its linear region of operation, and the input-output resistance is the RDS,ON of the pass transistor. In this region, the LDO regulator is said to be out of regulation; ripple rejection, line regulation, and load regulation degrade as (VIN – VOUT) decreases to much lower than 0.5V.