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Overview
Features and Benefits
- Outputs May Be Paralleled for Higher Current and Heat Spreading
- Output Current: 1.1A
- Single Resistor Programs Output Voltage
- 1% Initial Accuracy of SET Pin Current
- Output Adjustable to 0V
- Low Output Noise: 40μVRMS (10Hz to 100kHz)
- Wide Input Voltage Range: 1.2V to 36V
- Low Dropout Voltage: 350mV (Except SOT-223 Package)
- <1mV Load Regulation
- <0.001%/V Line Regulation
- Minimum Load Current: 0.5mA
- Stable with 2.2μF Minimum Ceramic Output Capacitor
- Current Limit with Foldback and Overtemperature Protected
- Available in 8-Lead MSOP, 3mm × 3mm DFN
- 5-Lead DD-Pak, TO-220 and 3-Lead SOT-223
- AEC-Q100 Qualified for Automotive Applications
Product Details
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. Also the device brings out the collector of the pass transistor to allow low dropout operation —down to 350 millivolts— when used with multiple supplies.
A key feature of the LT3080 is the capability to supply a wide output voltage range. By using a reference current through a single resistor, the output voltage is programmed to any level between zero and 36V. The LT3080 is stable with 2.2μF of capacitance on the output, and the IC uses small ceramic capacitors that do not require additional ESR as is common with other regulators.
Internal protection circuitry includes current limiting and thermal limiting. The LT3080 regulator is offered in the 8-lead MSOP (with an exposed pad for better thermal characteristics), a 3mm × 3mm DFN, 5-lead DD-Pak, TO-220 and a simple-to-use 3-lead SOT-223 version.
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Applications
- High Current All Surface Mount Supply
- High Efficiency Linear Regulator
- Post Regulator for Switching Supplies
- Low Parts Count Variable Voltage Supply
- Low Output Voltage Power Supplies
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Evaluation Kits (2)
Documentation & Resources
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R531 Reliability Data3/26/2018
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AN-2016: Using the ADuM4136 Isolated Gate Driver and LT3999 DC-to-DC Converter to Drive a 1200 V SiC Power Module7/19/2021
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AN-140: Basic Concepts of Linear Regulator and Switching Mode Power Supplies9/1/2019
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AN126 - 2-Wire Virtual Remote Sensing for Voltage Regulators - Clairvoyance Marries Remote Sensing12/4/2012
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DC995A - Demo Manual9/24/2009
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DC1294A - Demo Manual9/24/2009
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Not Your Dad's LDO7/12/2011
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1.5A, Negative Regulator Expands Family of Current-Reference Linear Regulators5/1/2016 LT Journal
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Shutdown with the LT3080x Current Source Reference Linear Regulators1/21/2016
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Paralleling Linear Regulators Made Easy5/21/2015
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Three-Terminal Linear Regulator Evolution Continues Unabated2/19/2015
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Loop Gain and its Effect on Analog Control Systems1/26/2015
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New Linear Regulators Solve Old Problems8/14/2013 LT Journal
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3A Linear Regulator Can Be Easily Paralleled to Spread Power and Heat10/1/2011 LT Journal
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New Applications for a New Architecture Linear Regulator5/28/2009
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Low Dropout Regulator Can Be Directly Paralleled to Spread The Heat10/1/2007 LT Journal
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LTspice: SOAtherm Tutorial12/1/2021
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Synchronous Step-down Regulator with Programmable Reference10/15/2018
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Low Voltage Power Supplies10/15/2018
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Directly Parallel This High Power Density Linear Regulator - LT308010/15/2018
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LT3080 Video Product Brief10/15/2018
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