A voltage reference circuit including a positive temperature coefficient
current generator, a negative temperature coefficient current generator,
and a first resistor is provided. In the positive temperature coefficient
current generator, two transistors are operated in the weak inversion
region, and a second resistor is connected in series between the gates of
the two transistors. The second resistor employs the characteristic that
a transistor operated in weak inversion region acts like a bipolar
junction transistor to generate a positive temperature coefficient
current. The negative temperature coefficient current generator generates
a negative temperature coefficient current in response to a negative
temperature coefficient voltage drop on a third resistor. The positive
temperature coefficient current and the negative temperature coefficient
current flow through the first resistor together, thus producing a stable
reference voltage.