The monolithic 3-terminal positive voltage regulators employ internal current-limiting,
thermal shutdown and safe-area compensation, making them essentially indestructible. If adequate
heat sinking is provided, they can deliver over 0.5A output current. They are intended as fixed
voltage regulators in a wide range of applications including local (on-card) regulation for
elimination of noise and distribution problems associated with single-point regulation. In addition
to use as fixed voltage regulators, these devices can be used with external components to obtain
adjustable output voltages and currents.
Considerable effort was expended to make the entire series of regulators easy to use and
minimize the number of external components. It is not necessary to bypass the output, although this
does improve transient response. Input bypassing is needed only if the regulator is located far
from the filter capacitor of the power supply.
The monolithic 3-terminal positive voltage regulators employ internal current-limiting,
thermal shutdown and safe-area compensation, making them essentially indestructible. If adequate
heat sinking is provided, they can deliver over 0.5A output current. They are intended as fixed
voltage regulators in a wide range of applications including local (on-card) regulation for
elimination of noise and distribution problems associated with single-point regulation. In addition
to use as fixed voltage regulators, these devices can be used with external components to obtain
adjustable output voltages and currents.
Considerable effort was expended to make the entire series of regulators easy to use and
minimize the number of external components. It is not necessary to bypass the output, although this
does improve transient response. Input bypassing is needed only if the regulator is located far
from the filter capacitor of the power supply.