A CMOS voltage reference, which is based on VGs and/x ΔGS in the weak inversion region, has been designed and implemented in standard 0.6μm CMOS technology. No diodes and parasitic bipolar junction transistors (BJT...A CMOS voltage reference, which is based on VGs and/x ΔGS in the weak inversion region, has been designed and implemented in standard 0.6μm CMOS technology. No diodes and parasitic bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) are used. The proposed voltage reference uses a current-mode topology by summing a PTAT current and a CTAT current into a re- sistor to generate the required reference voltage. It can also provide more than one reference voltage output, which is quite suitable for systems requiring many different reference voltages simultaneously. The occupied chip area is 0. 023mm^-2 . The operation supply voltage is from 2.5 to 6V, and the maximum supply current is 8.25μA. The designed three different out- puts are respectively about 203mV, 1.0V, and 2.05V at room temperature when the supply voltage is 4V. The circuit achieves a temperature coefficient of 31ppm/℃ in the temperature range of 0 to 100℃ and an average line regulation of ± 0. 203%/V. The voltage reference has been successfully applied in a white LED backlight driver chip.展开更多
文摘A CMOS voltage reference, which is based on VGs and/x ΔGS in the weak inversion region, has been designed and implemented in standard 0.6μm CMOS technology. No diodes and parasitic bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) are used. The proposed voltage reference uses a current-mode topology by summing a PTAT current and a CTAT current into a re- sistor to generate the required reference voltage. It can also provide more than one reference voltage output, which is quite suitable for systems requiring many different reference voltages simultaneously. The occupied chip area is 0. 023mm^-2 . The operation supply voltage is from 2.5 to 6V, and the maximum supply current is 8.25μA. The designed three different out- puts are respectively about 203mV, 1.0V, and 2.05V at room temperature when the supply voltage is 4V. The circuit achieves a temperature coefficient of 31ppm/℃ in the temperature range of 0 to 100℃ and an average line regulation of ± 0. 203%/V. The voltage reference has been successfully applied in a white LED backlight driver chip.