1FEATURES

2· Controlled Baseline

– One Assembly Site

– One Test Site

– One Fabrication Site

· Extended Temperature Performance of

–55°C to 125°C

· Enhanced Diminishing Manufacturing Sources

(DMS) Support

· Enhanced Product-Change Notification

· Qualification Pedigree(1)

· 24-V Maximum Input Voltage

· Low 3.2-mA Quiescent Current at 50 mA

· Stable With Any Capacitor (≥ 0.47 mF)

· 50-mA Low-Dropout Regulator

· Adjustable Output Voltage (1.2 V to 15 V)

· Designed to Support MSP430 Families:

– 1.9-V Version Ensured to be Higher

Than Minimum VIN of 1.8 V

– 2.3-V Version Ensured to Meet 2.2-V

Minimum VIN for Flash on MSP430F2xx

– 3.45-V Version Ensured to be Lower

Than Maximum VIN of 3.6 V

– Wide Variety of Fixed Output Voltage

Options to Match VIN to the Minimum

Required for Desired MSP430 Speed

· Minimum/Maximum Specified Current Limit

· 5-Pin SC70/SOT-323 (DCK) Package

· For 80-mA Rated Current and Higher Power

Package, See TPS715Axx

APPLICATIONS

· Ultra-Low Power Microcontrollers

· Cellular/Cordless Handsets

· Portable/Battery-Powered Equipment

DESCRIPTION

The TPS71501 low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators

offer the benefits of high input voltage, low dropout

voltage, low-power operation, and miniaturized

packaging. The device, which operates over an input

range of 2.5 V to 24 V, is stable with any capacitor

(≥0.47 mF). The low dropout voltage and low

quiescent current allow operation at extremely low

power levels. Therefore, the devices are ideal for

powering battery-management ICs. Specifically, because the devices are enabled as soon as the

applied voltage reaches the minimum input voltage,

the output is quickly available to power continuously

operating battery-charging ICs.

The usual PNP pass transistor has been replaced by

a PMOS pass element. Because the PMOS pass

element behaves as a low-value resistor, the low

dropout voltage, typically 415 mV at 50 mA of load

current, is directly proportional to the load current. The low quiescent current (3.2 mA typically) is stable

over the entire range of output load current (0 mA to

50 mA).