What is VT/R reference circuit?

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Hello all,

I heard a word "VT/R reference". I have been googling like a few hours. I could not find a solid lead. If you know what will be the best paper to understand the concept of vt/r reference. Please let me know.

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Newmedia
 

If you are talking about IC design then it is using the threshold voltage of a MOSFET and a fixed resistor to generate a bias current.

Keith
 

Thank you Keith. Can you elaborate more? If you can point out a textbook or a paper which talk about VT/R reference, it will be very helpful.
 

razavi, chapter "bandgap reference",section ptat, or just google "ptat"
 
newmedia said:
Thank you Keith. Can you elaborate more? If you can point out a textbook or a paper which talk about VT/R reference, it will be very helpful.
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I don't know which books you have access to but the R Jacob Baker "CMOS Circuit Design Layout and Simulation" covers it briefly in Chapter 23 - voltage references. I guess a lot of other books would as well. As it is not particularly stable it doesn't usually get a lot of space devoted to it. Beta multipliers tend to be more common.

Keith.
 
I realized it's also available at Gray and Mayer.
Thank you all! I cllicked "helpful!"
 

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