Voltage regulator (100) configured to provide an output current at an output
voltage at an output node of the
voltage regulator (100) based on an input
voltage at an input node of the
voltage regulator (100); wherein the output node of the
voltage regulator (100) is coupled to an output
capacitor (106) via a conducting path having a parasitic
inductance (211, 212); wherein the output
capacitor (106) and the parasitic
inductance (211, 212) form an
LC circuit with an LC resonant frequency; wherein the
voltage regulator (100) comprises - an output amplification stage (103) for deriving the output current at the output node from the input voltage at the input node as a function of a driver voltage at an intermediate node of the voltage
regulator (100); - an intermediate amplification stage (102) to provide the driver voltage at the intermediate node based on a differential output voltage; - a
differential amplification stage (101) configured to determine the differential output voltage as a function of the output voltage and as a function of a reference voltage (108); - a sensing unit (241) configured to provide a load indication that specifies the output current; and - a variable impedance (242) coupled to the intermediate node; wherein the variable impedance (242) depends on the load specification; wherein the voltage regulator (100) without the variable impedance (242) has a bandwidth and / or a
gain bandwidth frequency that increases with increasing output current, such that for an output current at or above a
threshold current, the LC resonant frequency falls within the bandwidth and / or is lower than the
gain bandwidth frequency; and wherein the variable impedance (242) is configured such that for the voltage regulator (100) with the variable impedance (242) - the LC resonant frequency is higher than the bandwidth and / or the
gain bandwidth frequency of the voltage regulator (100) at an output current at or above the
threshold current; and - the bandwidth and / or the
gain bandwidth frequency of the voltage regulator (100) with the variable impedance (242) corresponds to the bandwidth and / or the
gain bandwidth frequency of the voltage regulator (100) without the variable impedance (242) for an output current below the
threshold current; wherein - the variable impedance (242) has a
capacitor (342) which is arranged in series with a variable
resistor (341); - the series arrangement of the capacitor (342) and the
resistor (341) is arranged to couple the intermediate node to a reference potential of the voltage regulator (100); and - the
variable resistance (341) depends on the load specification.