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    Poster
    Author(s)
    Display Name
    Osvaldo Gasparri
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca
    Display Name
    Aleksandar Bozic
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Infineon Technologies
    Display Name
    Paolo Del Croce
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca
    Abstract

    The paper presents a fully integrated high-voltage 0.35 m CMOS capacitor-less Low-Dropout (LDO) voltage regulator for car’s battery-operated devices in automotive field. The LDO operates between two domains: 3V Vdd and 13.5 V of battery voltage, which can fluctuate. The load is a One Time Programmable (OTP), where the memory element is a dielectric antifuse: once programmed, it starts conducting. The LDO is able to steadily source the OTP to program the cells, without being sensitive to load capacitance and resistance variations. The LDO is composed by a single stage high gain opamp and a common source, working with a 300uA DC current to produce a 10 V output. Worst condition simulations show a robust response while delivering 10 mA to a 10 pF-variable resistance load. Settling time is <1uS. Output voltage error is lower than 5% at 6 sigma.