The Excel file contains the digital low-dropout voltage regulators (DLDO) published in 2010--2020. It contains the reported and estimated parameters and metrics of each regulator. The parameter/metric definition can be found in the table below.
For use in publications and presentations please cite this data collection as follows: M. Seok, Z. Wang, S. J. Kim, "Digital Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator (DLDO) Survey," [Online]. Available: https://github.com/mgseok/DLDO-survey
Please contact to report any errors:
Zhaoqing Wang: [email protected]
Sung Justin Kim: [email protected]
Mingoo Seok: [email protected]
| Metric | Symbol | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | n/a | Fabrication process node |
| Output capacitance [nF] | Cout | Output capacitor's capacitance |
| Active area [mm^2] | n/a | Total silicon area excluding output capacitor(s) area |
| Active & passive area [mm^2] | n/a | Total silicon area including on-chip output capacitor(s) area (designs with off-chip capacitor are exclueded) |
| Input voltage [V] | Vin | Supply voltage to an LDO (used in dynamic load regulation test) |
| Output voltage [V] | Vout | Output voltage of an LDO (used in dynamic load regulation test) |
| Output reference voltage [V] | Vref | The set point of the output voltage of an LDO |
| Dropout voltage [V] | Vdropout | Voltage drop from input to output (Vdropout = Vin-Vout) |
| Voltage droop [V] | Vdroop | Vout's maximum downward deviation from output reference voltage (Vref) when the load current changes by its maximum (tested) load current change (dIload) |
| Voltage overshoot [V] | Vovershoot | Vout's maximum upward deviation from output reference voltage (Vref) when the load current changes by its maximum (tested) load current change (dIload) |
| Max load current [mA] | Iload,max | Maximum load current that an LDO can support under the output voltage error (Verror) constraints |
| Min load current [mA] | Iload,min | Minimum load current that an LDO can support under the output voltage error (Verror) constraints |
| Max (tested) load current change (droop) [mA] | dIload,max,droop | Maxium tested load current change for voltage droop |
| Max (tested) load current change (overshoot) [mA] | dIload,max,overshoot | Maxium tested load current change for voltage overshoot |
| Edge time [ns] | tedge | Time for the max (tested) load current change |
| Settling time (droop) [ns] | tsettle,droop | Time to take for Vout to settle within less than a small % of Vref for voltage droop |
| Settling time (overshoot) [ns] | tsettle,overshoot | Time to take for Vout to settle within less than a small % of Vref for voltage overshoot |
| Quiescent current [uA] | Iq | Current draw of an LDO when it supports steady-state load current |
| Peak current efficiency | CEpeak | Iload,max/(Iload,max+Iq) |
| Peak power efficiency | PEpeak | (Vout * Iload,max)/(Vin * [Iload,max+Iq]) |
| PSRR [dB] | PSRR | The ratio of output voltage change to input voltage change, 20*log(dVout/dVin) |
| Power-FET unit current [nA] | Iu | Unit current in the power-FET array |
| Output ripple voltage | Vripple | Output ripple size |
| Output voltage deadzone [mV] | Vdz | A voltage range where controller does not update its output |
| Output voltage error [mV] | Verror | Maximum output voltage deviation from Vref in the steady-state load and line condition. Typically larger of Vripple/2 or Vdz/2 |
| Output voltage temperature coefficient | TC | Output voltage drift over temperature variation |
| Current Density [mA/mm^2] | current density | Max load current/Active & passive area |
| Load-regulation FoM 1 [ps] | ps-FoM | ([Cout * dVout]/dIload) * (Iq/dIload), smaller FoM is better |
| Load-regulation FoM 2 [pF] | pF-FoM | (dVout/[Vout * dIload]) * (Cout*Iq), smaller FoM is better |
| Load-regulation FoM 3 [edge-adj ps] | edge-adj ps-FoM | ([Cout * dVout]/dIload + 0.5*tedge) * (Iq/dIload), smaller FoM is better |
| Load-regulation FoM 4 [pC] | pC-FoM | ([Cout * dVout]/dIload + 0.5*tedge) * Iq, smaller FoM is better |