What the PSRR rating means for your rail
The LM317LIPK delivers 80 dB of ripple rejection at 120 Hz, dropping to 65 dB as frequency rises — that 80 dB floor at line frequency is the number that matters for post-rectifier smoothing. If your load pulls under 100 mA and you need a clean adjustable rail from a noisy supply, this part handles the filtering without a separate LC stage.
Package and temperature envelope
Housed in the SOT-89-3 (TO-243AA) package, this is a surface-mount regulator with a tab that carries the output — the copper area under the tab sets the thermal resistance.
Protection and quiescent current
Built-in over-current, over-temperature, and short-circuit protection cover the common fault cases without external clamp diodes. Quiescent current is 2.5 mA — not the lowest in class, but acceptable for a 100 mA regulator where the load current dominates the power budget.
The base part number is LM317, and the LIPK suffix denotes the SOT-89-3 package variant.
