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Jun 24, 2017 at 15:17 comment added jonk @pipe I could. But there are already some really good answers and they are closer to the OP's wish for the LM431 and... besides... the best answer is already chosen. A nice discussion about trapping a tiny bit of charge and then buffering it out as a voltage reference will just have to wait.
Jun 24, 2017 at 13:37 comment added pipe @jonk You have more space if you write an answer.
Jun 24, 2017 at 2:46 history edited Jack Creasey CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 23, 2017 at 23:34 comment added jonk @CalebReister The Xicor (now Intersil) X60008 (I think Jack missed a zero in there) provides a crazy-low \$I_Q\le 0.5\:\mu\textrm{A}\$, crazy good initial accuracy of \$\pm0.01\%\$ for A- and B- grade devs, insanely good tempco of \$1\frac{ppm}{^\circ C}\$ (A- grade) and all that over an industrial temp range. It's insanely good. Julius Blank and his ilk really did some neat stuff at Xicor. The FGA device uses a proprietary floating gate MOS device, analog switches, charge pumps, current sources, a differential charge amp, and some special blocking caps. I could write more, but no space.
Jun 23, 2017 at 23:28 comment added Caleb Reister I am wondering how such references are actually created. i.e. where do the internal references such as 2.5V for the LM431 or the 1.25V in the LM317 come from?
Jun 23, 2017 at 22:47 history answered Jack Creasey CC BY-SA 3.0