A buffer circuit (318) including a first half circuit and a second half
circuit. Each half circuit includes a first MOS transistor (M4, M9) as
the input device and a source follower, a second MOS transistor (M23,
M22) as a transconductance amplifier device, and a third MOS transistor
(M5, M8) as a folded cascode device. The first half circuit receives a
buffer input voltage as the input voltage and the second half circuit
receives a reference voltage as the input voltage. The first and second
half circuits providing a pair of differential output signals indicative
of the buffer input voltage. The buffer circuit has a very low input
capacitance where the input capacitance does not vary with the buffer
input voltage and other operating conditions, such as fabrication
process, temperature and power supply voltage variations.