A band-gap reference circuit comprising a first current source for
generating a first reference current and a first circuit branch for
receiving part of the first reference current. The first circuit branch
comprises a first resistor having a positive temperature coefficient in
series with a base-emitter junction of a first PNP diode having a
negative temperature coefficient. An emitter current of the first PNP
diode develops a first combined voltage across the first resistor and the
base-emitter junction. A comparison circuit compares the first combined
voltage to a base-emitter voltage of a second PNP diode and adjusts a
band-gap reference voltage. A correction current generating circuit
injects a correction current into an emitter of the second PNP diode that
at least partially offsets a non-linear drop-off in the band-gap
reference voltage caused by the second PNP diode as temperature
increases.