Low temperature coefficient and low line sensitivity subthreshold curvature-compensated voltage reference

A high-order curvature-compensated subthreshold voltage reference is proposed in this paper. The proposed curvature-compensated voltage reference consists of two supply-independent first-order voltage references and a curvature compensation circuit. The supply-independent first-order voltage reference uses a negative feedback loop which improves the line sensitivity and eliminates the demand of operational amplifier, whereas the curvature compensation circuit provides high-order temperature-compensated output reference voltage. The proposed curvature-compensated voltage reference provides an output reference voltage of 118.54 mV with a temperature coefficient of 21.5 ppm/degrees Cover a wide temperature range of -60 degrees Cto 120 degrees C. The power supply rejection ratio and line sensitivity are observed as -68.64 dB (for the frequency range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz) and 0.035%/V(for the supply voltage varies from 0.85 V to 2.5 V), respectively. The values of output noise at the frequencies of 1 kHz and 10 kHz without using any capacitive filter are obtained as 179.13 nV/ root Hz and 123.87nV/ root Hz, respectively.