A control circuit for a PWM switching power regulator including an error
amplifier and an amplifier filter circuit. The error amplifier has a
first input receiving a reference signal, a second input receiving an
output sense signal, and an output providing a compensation signal used
to control PWM switching. The amplifier filter circuit has an input
receiving a ratio-metric tracking signal and an output providing the
reference signal to the input of the error amplifier. The control circuit
may include a resistive voltage divider for providing the tracking
signal. The amplifier filter circuit may be implemented as a
transconductance amplifier having an input receiving the tracking signal
and an output coupled to a capacitor. The transconductance amplifier may
have a relatively small current drive capacity and its output may have a
relatively slow and weak response to changes of the tracking signal.