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LT3080 Low Dropout Voltage LED Driver

Sep 15th 2016
The LT3080 is a 1.1A low dropout linear regulator that can be paralleled to increase output current or spread heat in surface mounted boards. Architected as a precision current source and voltage follower allows this new regulator to be used in many applications requiring high current, adjustability to zero, and no heat sink. ...

 

Low Voltage Power Supplies

Robert Dobkin - Chief Technical Officer Jun 9th 2016
In this video, Linear Technology Co-founder and CTO Bob Dobkin discusses low voltage power supplies less than half a volt. Most of today's power supplies have a reference of 0.6 volts, which means the output voltage must be greater than 0.6 volts. Several years ago, Linear Technology pioneered a new type of current source ...

 

Shutdown with the LT3080x Current Source Reference Linear Regulators

Kevin B. Scott - Senior Strategic Marketing Engineer
Tony Bonte - Design Manager Jan 21st 2016
Current Source Reference Linear Regulators In many low noise applications, a linear regulator is an ideal solution for the power conversion due to its very low output voltage noise and low electromagnetic noise generation (compared to a charge pump or a switching regulator). The LT308x linear regulator family is ideal for these ...

 

Stratix V Advanced System Development Board

Oct 22nd 2015
The Stratix® V Advanced Systems Development Kit is a complete systems design environment that includes both the hardware and software needed to begin architecture development and system design using Stratix V FPGAs. The PCI Express® (PCIe®)-based form-factor board combined with a one-year license for the ...

 

Terasic DE0-Nano-SoC Kit / Atlas-SoC Kit

Oct 5th 2015
The DE0-Nano-SoC Development Kit presents a robust hardware design platform built around the Altera System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA, which combines the latest dual-core Cortex-A9 embedded cores with industry-leading programmable logic for ultimate design flexibility. Users can now leverage the power of tremendous re-configurability ...

 

MAX 10 NEEK Development Kit

Oct 5th 2015
The MAX 10 NEEK from Terasic is a full featured embedded evaluation kit based upon the MAX10 family of Altera FPGAs. It offers a comprehensive design environment with everything embedded developers need to create a processing based system. The MAX 10 NEEK delivers an integrated platform that includes hardware, design tools, ...

 

Paralleling Linear Regulators Made Easy

Kevin B. Scott - Senior Strategic Marketing Engineer May 21st 2015
Linear regulators provide a simple, low noise solution for dc-dc regulation. However, at higher Vin-Vout differentials the low efficiency and high power dissipation of linear regulators limits the ammount of output current that can realistically be delivered.  Connecting multiple linear regulators in parallel spreads the ...

 

Loop Gain and its Effect on Analog Control Systems

Simon Bramble - Field Applications Engineer
Gabino Alonso - Strategic Marketing Engineer Jan 26th 2015
Abstract This article brings together the ideas of open loop gain, closed loop gain, gain and phase margin, minimum gain stability and shows how these parameters are interrelated in a feedback system. It examines loop gain in terms of a theoretical control system as well as practical electronic circuits, including linear regulators. Introduction Bob ...

 

Control the Voltage of a Remote Load Over Any Length of Copper Wire

Philip Karantzalis - Senior Apps Eng Jul 8th 2014
Introduction A common problem in power distribution systems is loss of regulation due to the cable/wire voltage drop between the regulator and the load. Any increase in wire resistance, cable length or load current increases the voltage drop over the distribution wire, increasing the difference between actual voltage at the ...

 

Arrow / Terasic SoCKit Development Kit

Jun 20th 2014
The SoCKit Development Kit presents a robust hardware design platform built around the Altera Cyclone V System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA, which combines the latest Cortex-A9 embedded cores with industry-leading programmable logic for ultimate design flexibility. Users can now leverage the power of tremendous re-configurability paired ...

 

Terasic DE1-SoC Development Kit

Jun 20th 2014
The DE1-SoC Development Kit presents a robust hardware design platform built around the Altera System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA, which combines the latest dual-core Cortex-A9 embedded cores with industry-leading programmable logic for ultimate design flexibility. Users can now leverage the power of tremendous re-configurability paired ...

 

Altera DSP Development Kit, Stratix V Edition

Jun 17th 2014
The DSP Development Kit, Stratix V Edition provides a complete design environment that includes all the hardware and software you need to begin developing DSP-intensive FPGA designs immediately. Linear Technology Components LTC3880 Dual output PolyPhase step-down DC/DC controller with digital power system ...

 

Altera Arria V GX FPGA Development Kit

Jun 16th 2014
The Arria V GX FPGA development board provides a hardware platform for  developing and prototyping low-power, high-performance, and logic-intensive designs using Altera’s Arria V GX FPGA device. The board provides a wide range of  peripherals and memory interfaces to facilitate the development of Arria V GX FPGA ...

 

Altera Transceiver Signal Integrity Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition

Jun 12th 2014
The Transceiver SI Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition enables a thorough evaluation of Stratix IV GX transceiver interoperability and serializer/deserializer (SERDES) signal integrity (SI) and performance from 600 Mbps to 8.5 Gbps. Linear Technology Components LTM4601 12 A DC/DC μModule with PLL, output ...

 

Synchronous Stepdown Regulator with Programmable Reference

Phil Juang - Design Section Lead Aug 24th 2011
The standard design of a general purpose switching step-down regulator relies on a control loop that requires the user to attenuate the output signal to compare to a voltage reference. By thinking outside the box and designing a regulator that relies on a unity-gain control loop and a current reference, the LTC®3600 can create ...

 

LT3080 Adjustable 1.1A Single Resistor Low Dropout Regulator - Video Product Brief

Steve Knoth - Senior Product Marketing Engineer Nov 18th 2009
The LT3080 is a 1.1A low dropout linear regulator that can be paralleled to increase output current or spread heat in surface mounted boards. Architected as a precision current source and voltage follower allows this new regulator to be used in many applications requiring high current, adjustability to zero, and no heat sink. ...

 

Directly Parallel This High Power Density Linear Regulator - LT3080

Robert Dobkin - Chief Technical Officer Sep 15th 2008
The LT3080 is a new architecture for linear regulators. It provides better regulation, a simple output adjustment with a single resistor where the output can be adjusted down to zero. Also, this architecture allows easy paralleling of regulators for “no heatsink” operation in an all surface mount applications. The LT3080 ...

 

Surface Mount 1.1A LDO is Easily Paralleled for High IOUT without Hot Spots

Jul 23rd 2007
MILPITAS, CA - July 23, 2007 - Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3080, a 1.1A 3-terminal LDO that may be easily paralleled for heat spreading and is adjustable with a single resistor. This new architecture regulator uses a current reference to allow sharing between multiple regulators with a small length of PC trace ...

 

Wire Loss Compensation Using a Current Referenced LDO

Jul 20th 2007
This circuit shows a cable drop compensation circuit using a current referenced regulator, the LT3080. A precision 10μA set current, ISET, is sourced through two series connected resistors to program the output voltage for the remote load. To compensate for the load connecting cable drop requires sourcing an additional ...

 

DC995A - LT3080EDD Demo Board | Single Resistor Prog Linear Regulator, 2.3V ≤ VIN ≤ 25V, Vout = 0.6V/1.0V/1.2V/1.5V/1.8V/2.5V/3.3V/5V @ 1.1A

Jul 20th 2007
Demonstration circuit 995A is an adjustable 1.1A linear regulator featuring the LT®3080. Architected as a precision current source and voltage follower, it allows this new regulator to be used in many applications requiring high current, adjustability to zero output, and no heat sink. The device brings out the collector ...

 

Achieving Higher Output Current with LT3080 Linear Regulator

Jul 20th 2007
The LT3080 is a 1.1A low dropout linear regulator that can be paralleled to increase output current or spread heat in surface mounted boards. Architected as a precision current source and voltage follower allows this new regulator to be used in many applications requiring high current, adjustability to zero, and no heat sink. ...

 

Two Terminal 1A Current Source

Jul 20th 2007
The LT3080 linear regulator can easily be configured as a two terminal current source ...

 

DC1294A - LT3080EDD Demo Board | LT3080(x4), Paralleled, Single Resistor LDOs, 3.8V ≤ VIN ≤ 25V, Vout = 3.3V @ 4.4A

Jul 20th 2007
Demonstration circuit 1294A exercises four adjustable linear regulators in parallel using the LT3080. A small 20 mΩ ballast resistor is required for parallel operation. A short PCB trace can easily serve that purpose. The paralleled devices provide up to 4.4A of output current at 3.3V. Architected as a precision current ...

 

Paralleling LT3080 Linear Regulators For Higher Output Current

Jul 20th 2007
The LT3080 is a 1.1A low dropout linear regulator that can be paralleled to increase output current or spread heat in surface mounted boards. Architected as a precision current source and voltage follower allows this new regulator to be used in many applications requiring high current, adjustability to zero, and no heat sink. ...