FEATURES
• Thermal, Short Circuit and Safe Area
Protection
• High Ripple Rejection
• 1.5A Output Current
• 4% Tolerance on Preset Output Voltage

DESCRIPTION
The LM79XX series of 3-terminal regulators is
available with fixed output voltages of −5V, −12V, and
−15V. These devices need only one external
component—a compensation capacitor at the output.
The LM79XX series is packaged in the TO-220 power
package and is capable of supplying 1.5A of output
current.
These regulators employ internal current limiting safe
area protection and thermal shutdown for protection
against virtually all overload conditions.
Low ground pin current of the LM79XX series allows
output voltage to be easily boosted above the preset
value with a resistor divider. The low quiescent
current drain of these devices with a specified
maximum change with line and load ensures good
regulation in the voltage boosted mode.
For applications requiring other voltages, see LM137
datasheet.