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0.75 V supply nanowatt resistorless sub-bandgap curvature-compensated CMOS voltage reference

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This work presents a resistorless self-biased and small area sub-bandgap voltage reference that works in the nano-ampere consumption range with 0.75 V of power supply. The circuit applies a curvature compensation technique that allows an extended temperature range without compromising the temperature stability. The behavior of the circuit is analytically described, and a design methodology is proposed which allows the separate adjustment of the bipolar junction transistor bias current and its curvature compensation. Simulation results are presented for a 180 nm CMOS process, where a reference voltage of 469 mV is designed, with a temperature coefficient of 5 ppm/°C for the −40 to 125 °C extended temperature range. The power consumption of the whole circuit is 16.3 nW under a 0.75 V power supply at 27 °C. The estimated silicon area is 0.0053 mm2.

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The authors are grateful to MOSIS Education Program, CNPq and CAPES brazilian agencies, CI-BRASIL Program and NSCAD Microelectronics for support

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    Present address: Imec, mmWave Group and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, ETRO Department, Leuven, Belgium

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  1. Microelectronics Graduate Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Jhon Alexander Gomez Caicedo & Oscar E. Mattia

  2. Electrical Engineering Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Hamilton Klimach

  3. Informatics Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Sergio Bampi

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Gomez Caicedo, J.A., Mattia, O.E., Klimach, H. et al. 0.75 V supply nanowatt resistorless sub-bandgap curvature-compensated CMOS voltage reference. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 88, 333–345 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-016-0722-4

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