250-mV Supply subthreshold CMOS voltage reference using a low-voltage comparator and a charge-pump circuit

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 850-854

  Yang, Byung Do ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge pump; CMOS; comparator; low voltage; subthreshold; voltage reference

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TIMING CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

CHARGE PUMP; CMOS VOLTAGE REFERENCE; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE COMPARATORS; REFERENCE VOLTAGES; SUBTHRESHOLD; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; VOLTAGE REFERENCE;

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUITS;

EID: 84910037585     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2014.2350354     Document Type: Article

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