A 0.8-V 110-nA CMOS current reference circuit using subthreshold operation

A 0.8-V 110-nA CMOS current reference circuit using subthreshold operation

This paper proposes a low voltage CMOS nano-ampere current reference circuit and presents its performance with circuit simulations in 180-nm technology. The proposed circuit consists of biasvoltage, current-source and offset-voltage sub-circuits with most of MOSFETs operating in subthreshold region. Simulation results show that the circuit generates a stable reference current of 110-nA in suppl...

A 95-nA, 523ppm/°C, 0.6-μW CMOS current reference circuit with subthreshold MOS resistor ladder

A programmable CMOS bandgap voltage reference circuit using current conveyor

This paper presents a new structure of a bandgap circuit which can be programmed to get any desired output voltage. Unlike conventional bandgap circuits, the proposed bandgap circuit uses MOS transistors operating in subthreshold region instead of bipolar transistors to generate PTAT and IPTAT currents. Use of the current conveyor makes the circuit capable of being operated at lower supply volt...

A 1-μW 600-ppm/◦C Current Reference Circuit Consisting of Subthreshold CMOS Circuits

A low-power CMOS current reference circuit was developed using a 0.35-μm standard CMOS process technology. The circuit consists of MOSFET circuits operating in the subthreshold region and uses no resistors. It compensates for the temperature effect on mobility μ and threshold voltage VTH of MOSFETs and generates a reference current that is insensitive to temperature and supply voltage. Theoreti...

Subthreshold CMOS Voltage Reference

A voltage reference circuit operating with all transistors biased in weak inversion, providing a mean reference voltage of 257.5 mV, has been fabricated in 0.18 m CMOS technology. The reference voltage can be approximated by the difference of transistor threshold voltages at room temperature. Accurate subthreshold design allows the circuit to work at room temperature with supply voltages down t...