A 1.5-V 10-ppm//spl deg/C 2nd-order curvature-compensated CMOS bandgap reference with trimming

A 2nd-order curvature-compensated CMOS bandgap reference circuit with a novel trimming technique is described. The 2nd-order curvature compensation is implemented by using a temperature-dependent resistor ratio generated by a poly resistor and a diffusion resistor. A trimming technique with digital switches is utilized to increase or decrease resistance bi-directionally and therefore to minimize the variance of resistance. The proposed voltage reference operates down to a 1.5 V supply and consumes a maximum supply current of 55 muA. The experimental prototype circuit in a standard 0.35-mum CMOS process achieves a temperature coefficient of 10 ppm/degC and occupies an area of 0.71 mm²