REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT

Abstract

A reference voltage generating circuit includes a bandgap reference (BGR) circuit configured to output an active reference voltage at a first node according to a sample signal; a first charging circuit configured to charge a first capacitor using the active reference voltage according to the sample signal; a second charging circuit configured to charge a second capacitor using the active reference voltage according to the sample signal; and a comparing circuit configured to compare a voltage difference between a charge voltage of the first capacitor and a charge voltage of the second capacitor with a threshold value, wherein the sample signal is a pulse signal generated using an output of the comparing circuit and the charge voltage of the first capacitor is provided as a low power reference voltage in a low power operation mode.