“Come on Feel the Noise”—Measuring LDO Performance (.PDF Download)

With all due respect to heavy-metal band Quiet Riot (Fig. 1), who covered the song in the title (and the British band Slade who did the original 1973 version), if you can in fact “Feel the Noise” from your linear regulator, something is seriously wrong. Although seeing, smelling, or tasting the noise would arguably be worse!...

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