Reference potential generating circuit

摘要

A reference potential generating circuit includes a plurality of MOS field effect transistors and a reference potential driver circuit. The MOS field effect transistors have different threshold voltages and a reference potential is obtained by amplifying the threshold voltage difference of the MOS field effect transistors. During the period in which a power supply potential externally supplied is lower than a predetermined target value of the reference potential, the reference potential driver circuit drives an output terminal for producing a potential corresponding to the power supply potential supplied externally. In this reference potential generating circuit, the S/N ratio is good and the circuit operation is stable, and is effective for reducing the power consumption and for increasing the integration density in semiconductor integrated circuit devices.