ON Semiconductor Introduces New NCP500 LDO Voltage Regulator
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced the availability of a CMOS low-noise LDO voltage regulator designed to improve the performance of noise-sensitive circuits in portable products. The NCP500 LDO regulator provides cost and space savings, and achieves a low-noise performance without the need of an external bypass capacitor.
"Performance and size are critical factors in the design of hand-held battery-operated products," said Mitch Polonsky, analog marketing engineer at ON Semiconductor. "The NCP500 is the latest in ON Semiconductor's line of CMOS LDO regulators to present designers with an efficient and cost-effective way to maximize battery life in consumer portable products. In addition, the introduction of this product demonstrates the company's commitment to address the rapidly growing consumer demand for higher performance portable electronics."
Operating within a voltage range of 1.8V to 6V, the NCP500 offers LDO voltage and other performance features such as an enable pin and current and temperature limit protection circuits. The device has been optimized for use in cellular handsets, hand-held instruments, MP3 players and other portable consumer products. It is designed to work with small, low-cost ceramic capacitors, and requires a minimum output capacitor of one microfarad.
The NCP500 is offered with five different output voltages: 1.8V, 2.5V, 2.8V, 3.0V and 3.3V. All of the versions are available in a five-lead SOT-23 package. Pricing for each NCP500 device is $0.25 per 12,000 units.
