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Abstract

The present invention provides a reference voltage circuit making use of a non-volatile and non-modifiable storage of an electric charge. A tunable transformation module is adapted to transform a constant voltage corresponding to the constant stored charge into an output reference voltage. Further, a control loop provides tuning of the transformation module by means of an external calibration module with respect to a high precision reference voltage source. During a calibration procedure the transformation module is tuned in such a way that the output reference voltage equals the high precision reference voltage. After disconnecting reference voltage electronic circuit and calibration module, the output reference voltage is governed by the charge stored by means of the non-volatile storage and by the configuration of the tunable transformation module. It remains constant and accurate with respect to time and temperature and consumes only a minimum of electric current.

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