ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,197, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Low dropout regulator with hybrid voltage regulation circuit" was invented by Adrien F. Vargas (Munich), Timo W. Gossmann (Neubiberg, Germany) and Sebastian Reinhold (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to a hybrid low dropout voltage regulator circuit, hereinafter referred to as the LDO, including a flipped voltage follower (FVF), coarse grain voltage adjustment circuitry, and fine grain voltage adjustment circuitry. The LDO may provide an output voltage based on receiving a reference voltage. The flipped voltage follower may suppl...