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17 years ago

Max II - to - Cyclone III questions

I have successfully used the Max II (144-pin TQFP) in a PCI-interface design and am designing designing a Cyclone III C40 (QTFP-240 pin) -based upgrade. After trying to absorb as much of the Altera ...
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17 years ago

A simple/stupid question...

Can the LDO voltage regulators or the switching regulators be combined in

parallel to get higher current output rating. That is, say we have a Linear

Technology LT1117 rated at 1.5 A output, can we put two of them in parallel

to get 3.0 A output? Likewise with parallel combination of same type of

switching regulators?