LT3050

Demonstration circuit 1515 is an adjustable 100mA linear regulator featuring the LT3050. The LT3050 is a micropower, low noise and low dropout voltage linear regulator. The device supplies 100mA of output current with a dropout voltage of 340mV. A 10nF bypass capacitor reduces output noise to 30μV_RMS (10Hz to 100kHz bandwidth) and soft-starts the reference. The demo board's 2V to 45V input voltage range combined with its precision current limit and diagnostic functions make the IC an ideal choice for robust, high reliability applications such as  protected antenna power supplies. The jumper-selectable output voltage can be set to 1.2V, 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V, 5V or a user-defined voltage. The input and output pins can withstand up to ±50V and the output is short-circuit protected.

The internal current limit should be considered when the input-to-output differential is high. The LT3050's current limit can be programmed by a single resistor and is accurate to ±5% over a wide input voltage and temperature range. A single resistor programs the LT3050’s minimum output current monitor, useful for detecting open-circuit conditions. The current monitor function sources a current equal to 1/100th of output current. A logic FAULT pin asserts low if the LT3050 is in current limit, operating below its minimum output current (open-circuit) or is in thermal shutdown.