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- Title
Resistorless sub-bandgap CMOS voltage reference based on lateral BJT.
- Authors
Rashtian, Mohammad; Hashemipour, Omid
- Abstract
This paper presents a low-power sub-bandgap voltage reference. Here, the proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) voltage obtained from ∆VEB is applied to a subthreshold diode-connected PMOS transistor to yield a current with a positive thermal coefficient (TC). The current is then converted back to a PTAT voltage term using another subthreshold PMOS transistor at the output path. Moreover, utilizing the bipolar transistor achieves a lower process variation VR. A trimming circuit is also applied to improve the TC against the process variation further. Low-power VR is achieved by operating all the MOSFETs under the subthreshold region. The simulation results using the standard 1.8 V, 0.18 µm CMOS process shows a nominal output voltage of 0.75 V, operating from 0.9 V to 1.8 V supply voltage while consuming 41.4 nA at room temperature. The TC is about 21.6 ppm/oC and (σVREF/μVREF) = 1.0 % over a temperature range of 0 °C to 120 °C. In addition, the proposed VR circuit is simulated without a trimming circuit resulting in a reasonable μTC = 29.1 ppm/oC and (σVREF/μVREF) = 1.3%.
- Subjects
VOLTAGE references; BIPOLAR transistors; COMPLEMENTARY metal oxide semiconductors; METAL oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors; VOLTAGE; THRESHOLD voltage; TRANSISTORS
- Publication
Sādhanā: Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 2023, Vol 48, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0256-2499
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12046-023-02102-6