All, I always thought a "Brokow Cell" was where they locked up Tom if he screwed up on his newscast. :') Regards, Jim P.S. Sorry, I couldn't resist. >> I'm looking for a schematics of a brokaw cell that doesn't depend on >> using > 2 >> transistors with different emiter areas. Does sucha a thing exist ? >> Any > links ? > > > (A Brokaw cell is one type of band-gap reference circuit). > > An excellent practical introduction to band-gap references is given by > Nat Semi at > > http://www.national.com/rap/Application/0,1570,24,00.html > > This includes (and tends to concentrate on) the Brokaw cell but also a > number of other band-gap implementations. If you are more interested in > the result than the specific method then you may find something useful > here. I do like the utter simplicity of the "brute force" diode string > approach although you do need more than 5 volts to implement it. > > > > RM > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics