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100 mA fixed 5 V rail — dropout and PSRR matter
This is a single-output, positive fixed 5 V LDO rated for 100 mA continuous. The 0.3 V dropout at full load means you need at least 5.3 V on the input to hold regulation — fine for a 6 V or 9 V battery rail, but tight off a 5 V switcher post-filter. PSRR is 55 dB at 120 Hz — that is decent for an LDO of this vintage and enough to clean up 100/120 Hz ripple from a rectified mains supply feeding an analog front-end or a sensor bias rail.
Protection that saves a field swap
Built-in over-temperature shutdown, reverse polarity protection, and short-circuit current limiting. Reverse polarity is the one that earns its keep in a field repair — a swapped battery lead or a mis-wired harness won't kill the regulator or the downstream load.