A ramp voltage generation circuit suitable for an A/D converter preventing
a variation in a digital value obtained by an A/D conversion operation.
The circuit comprises a stabilization voltage source Vref, an operation
amplifier AMP1 having a non-inversion input terminal receiving a voltage
V.sub.REF from the Vref and an inversion input terminal connected to a
switched capacitor equivalent resistance Req, and a transistor MNSF for
conducting a current Ick to the Req based on an output voltage of the
AMP1. Both ends of a conductive load Cint charged and discharged based on
a current Iint2 generated by a current mirror of the Ick are connected to
an output terminal and an inversion input terminal of an operation
amplifier AMPint, a voltage of a stabilization voltage source Vc is
applied to a non-inversion input terminal, and an output voltage of the
AMPint is outputted to the outside as a ramp voltage.