Winner, Name that Ware July 2026 « bunnie's blog

The July 2026 'Name that Ware' answer reveals a bandgap voltage reference circuit built from a pair of NPN transistors with a 1:64 ratio, current mirror PMOS devices, resistors, and a differential amplifier. The explanation covers why chips need bandgap references for temperature-stable voltage, why dummy transistors surround active arrays to counter edge etching variations, and how bandgap circuits and SRAM blocks serve as visual size references when analyzing an unknown die shot. Nobody guessed correctly, but a commenter named asdf won the prize for an amusing response.

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