Voltage regulator consume high current

I have used LP3961 3.3V regulator cicuit for my Atmega microcontroller circuit. I have implemented low power sleep mode. Micro controller consumed 25uA itself. When I Measured the current consumption of whole circuit with regulator, It was 3.5 mA. I don't understand why the regulator takes much current than microcontroller. Do anyone know the reason?

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Post a schematic and images of the project, please.

Can you show it? (LP3961 3.3V regulator circuit for my Atmega microcontroller circuit.)

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Well i guess there must be a minimum current it will supply. If there would be no-current, it would still consume some unless force it to shut-down. but you can do that if you just want the MCU to sleep. I've looked through the datasheet and actually did not find a minimum operating current anywhere, but 3.5mA seems quiet reasonable.

Look at the LP396x datasheet.
"Typical ground pin current" (idle current) in normal operating mode is 3mA (max 9mA).
Leo..

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