Reference voltage driver for low-voltage CMOS A/D converters

A circuit for generating reference voltages for an A/D converter is presented. The circuit consisting of a bandgap reference and a driver circuit capable of operating on sub 1-volt supply voltages. The circuit is designed using a standard 0.5 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. Simulations show maximum 0.24% variation in the generated reference voltage over a temperature range from -20/spl deg/C to 100/spl deg/C and a supply voltage range from 0.95 V to 1.50 V. The circuit is capable of driving a 2 pF switched capacitor load at 5 MHz clock rate while consuming 450 /spl mu/W of power from a 1.0 V supply.