Various embodiments of a voltage level detector implemented as an
integrated circuit whose trip point is approximately constant over
variations in temperature as well as variations in transistor fabrication
parameters are disclosed along with a differential amplifier whose input
offset voltage is highly immune to said variations. In one embodiment, a
voltage generator supplies a composite voltage to the gate of the tail
current transistor of the voltage level detector or differential
amplifier. The first component of the voltage is approximately equal to
the threshold voltage of NMOS transistors comprised in the device over
variations in operating temperature as well as variations in transistor
fabrication parameters while the second component is approximately
constant with respect to said variations. When applied to the gate of the
tail current transistor, the first component may turn the transistor on
in spite of the above-mentioned parametric variations.