TIDUFE2
October
2025
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1
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Description
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Resources
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Features
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Applications
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6
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1System Description
- 1.1
Key System Specifications
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2System Overview
- 2.1
Block Diagram
- 2.2
Design Considerations
- 2.2.1
Fault Detection and Protection
- 2.2.2
Theory of Operation - Parallel LDOs Using
Op Amps
- 2.2.3
Theory of Operation - Parallel LDOs Using
Ballast Resistors
- 2.3
Highlighted Products
- 2.3.1
TPS7B7702-Q1, Automotive, Dual-Channel Antenna
Low Dropout (LDO) Regulator With Current Sense
- 2.3.2
OPAx388 Automotive,
Precision, Zero-Drift, Zero-Crossover, True Rail-to-Rail,
Input/Output Operational Amplifiers
- 2.3.3
LMV321A-Q1 Automotive
Low-Voltage Rail-to-Rail Output Operational Amplifier
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3Hardware, Testing Requirements, and Test
Results
- 3.1
Hardware Requirements
- 3.2
Test Setup
- 3.3
Test Results - Parallel LDOs Using Op
Amps
- 3.3.1
Short to Battery
- 3.3.2
Load Transient Response
- 3.3.3
Current Limit
- 3.3.4
Start-Up
- 3.3.5
Shutdown
- 3.3.6
Line Transient
- 3.3.7
PSRR
- 3.3.8
Thermal Performance
- 3.3.9
Thermal Limit Protection
- 3.4
Test Results - Parallel LDOs Using Ballast
Resistors
- 3.4.1
Short to Battery
- 3.4.2
Load Transient Response
- 3.4.3
Current Limit
- 3.4.4
Start-Up
- 3.4.5
Line Transient
- 3.4.6
Thermal Performance
- 3.4.7
Thermal Limit Protection
- 3.5
Comparison of Results Between Parallel LDO
Techniques
- 3.5.1
VLOAD vs ILOAD
- 3.5.2
PSRR
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4Design and Documentation Support
- 4.1
Design Files
- 4.1.1
Schematics
- 4.1.2
BOM
- 4.1.3
Layout Prints
- 4.2
Tools
- 4.3
Documentation Support
- 4.4
Support Resources
- 4.5
Trademarks
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5About the Author
4.3 Documentation Support
- IPC-2221B, Generic Standard on
Printed Board Design
- Texas Instruments, TPS7B770x-Q1, Automotive, Single- and Dual-Channel Antenna LDO With
Current Sense Data Sheet
- Texas Instruments, LMV321A-Q1, LMV358A-Q1, LMV324A-Q1 Automotive Low-Voltage
Rail-to-Rail Output Operational Amplifiers Data Sheet
- Texas Instruments, Comprehensive Analysis and Universal Equations for Parallel LDOs Using
Ballast Resistors Technical White Paper
- Texas Instruments, Parallel Low-Dropout (LDO) Calculator
- Texas Instruments, Parallel LDO Architecture Design Using Ballast Resistors Technical
White Paper
- Texas Instruments, Using
New Thermal Metrics Application Note
- Texas Instruments, Do-it-yourself: Three Ways to Stabilize Op Amp Capacitive Loads
Technical Article
- Texas Instruments, OPAx388 Precision, Zero-Drift, Zero-Crossover, True Rail-to-Rail,
Input/Output Operational Amplifiers Data Sheet