At 11:00 PM 5/11/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Are there any surface mount 100ma regulators close to the price of
>78L05? Need not be a LDO, can be SOT23 or SOT223 but not SOIC.

The 78L05 is going to be the cheapest regulator you can get. Other
than high Iq and dropout, there's very little wrong with it, so
you should use it if you can. You can get it in micro-SMD or SOT-89,
for very low prices (eg. 0.18/1K from National in 1.3 x 1.3 mm micro-SMD)

If you need better electrical performance, there are other regulators
with lower dropout, tighter tolerance, lower Iq etc. but usually at the
expense of price, availability, maximum input voltage, and fussiness about
output capacitance and ESR for stability.

Best regards,

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