• DocumentCode
    3356645
  • Title

    A simple voltage reference using transistor with ZTC point and PTAT current source

  • Author

    Najafizadeh, Laleh ; Filanovsky, Igor M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-26 May 2004
  • Abstract
    When a diode-connected MOS transistor is biased with a PTAT current source, the gate-source voltage of such transistor can be temperature independent. Based on this idea a circuit is designed and implemented in a standard 0.18μm CMOS technology. The simulations show that the output voltage of this reference has the temperature coefficient of 4 ppm/°C in the range of -50°C to 150°C. If this transistor is biased below the zero temperature coefficient (ZTC) point this technique opens the way to design a sub-1 V voltage reference.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MOSFET; reference circuits; semiconductor diodes; -50 to 150 C; 0.18 micron; CMOS technology; PTAT current source; analog electronics; diode-connected MOS transistor; gate-source voltage; temperature effects; threshold voltage; voltage reference; zero temperature coefficient point; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Diodes; MOSFETs; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Threshold voltage; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8251-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328343
  • Filename
    1328343