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45V Input 100mA LDO Offers 30µVRMS Noise & Output Down to 0.6V
Linear Technology announced the LT3060, a high voltage, low noise, low dropout voltage linear regulator. The IC delivers up to 100mA continuous output current with a 300mV dropout voltage at full load. The LT3060 features a wide input voltage range of 1.6V to 45V, delivering adjustable output voltages from 0.6V to 44.5V. A single capacitor provides both programmable ultra-low noise operation -- only 30µVRMS across a wide bandwidth of 10Hz to 100kHz — and reference soft start functionality, preventing output voltage overshoot at turn-on.
The The LT3060 operates with a very small, low cost, ceramic output capacitor, optimizing stability and transient response. It is stable with only a 2.2µF output capacitor. These tiny external capacitors can be used without the necessary addition of series resistance (ESR) as is common with many other regulators. The LT3060's internal protection circuitry includes reverse-battery protection, reverse-output protection, reverse-current protection, current limit with foldback and thermal limiting.
The LT3060EDC, LT3060IDC, LT3060ETS8 and LT3060ITS8 are housed in 8-lead 2mm x 2mm DFN and 8-lead ThinSOT™ packages, respectively, offering a compact footprint.