An apparatus for supplying a glitch-free, regulated voltage at a voltage
output includes a main transistor, which is connected between an
intermediate potential and the voltage output, a bypass transistor, which
is connected between a supply potential and the voltage output, the
intermediate potential being lower than the supply potential and the
intermediate potential and the supply potential being derived from a
common voltage source, a regulation circuit for applying a main control
potential to the main transistor, in order to regulate a voltage at the
voltage output to a desired voltage, and a control circuit for generating
a bypass control potential as a function of the supply potential and the
main control potential, and to apply the bypass control potential to the
bypass transistor.