Patent ID: 8483001

Claim:
An internal voltage generator comprising: a level detector configured to compare a reference voltage to a sensed voltage that varies based upon temperature and to output a comparative voltage; and an internal voltage driver configured to adjust an internal voltage relative to an external supply voltage in response to the comparative voltage and to output the internal voltage, wherein the level detector comprises: a comparative voltage generator configured to output the comparative voltage in response to a difference between the reference voltage and the sensed voltage; and a sensed voltage generator comprising a first resistance unit and a second resistance unit connected in series between an output node for the internal voltage and a ground voltage and that outputs the sensed voltage that varies with temperature, wherein the first resistance unit is a resistor coupled between the internal voltage driver and a node that provides the sensed voltage to the comparative voltage generator, and wherein the second resistance unit has a resistance that varies with temperature, and comprises a passive resistor in series with an active resistor that includes a PMOS transistor having a gate to which the ground voltage is applied, the resistance of the second resistance unit being configured to increase when temperature decreases.