A low drop-out DC voltage regulator for regulating a voltage from a DC
power supply applied to a load at an output of the regulator and
comprising a pass device for controlling flow of current from the power
supply to the load so as to control the output voltage at the regulator
output, and a feedback loop for controlling the pass device. The feedback
loop comprises a resistive feedback path and a capacitive feedback path
that includes a feedback capacitive element in series, and comparator
means responsive to signals from the feedback paths for applying to the
pass device an error signal that is a function of the value of the output
voltage relative to a nominal value so as to control the output voltage.
The comparator means comprises feedback current producing means for
maintaining a common point of the resistive feedback path and the
capacitive feedback path at a reference voltage so as to produce a
feedback current flowing in the resistive feedback path and in the
capacitive feedback path in parallel between the regulator output and the
common point, and current comparison means responsive to relative values
of the feedback current and of a reference current for producing the
error signal.