What are the requirements for voltage regulators in battery-powered systems?
Requirements for voltage regulators in battery-powered systems support the small size, light weight, and low cost characteristic of those systems. • The voltage-regulator IC should require very few small, low-cost external components. • To minimize size and weight, it should be housed in a small-outline or leadless leadframe package. • If the regulator is a switch-mode type, it should operate at its highest useable switching frequency, to minimize the size and weight of its associated surface mount capacitors and inductors.
