摘要:
Disclosed is a temperature-compensated voltage reference diode comprising a breakdown PN junction for establishing the zener breakdown voltage, a PN junction for temperature compensation having a temperature coefficient opposite to that of the breakdown PN junction, the breakdown PN junction and the temperature-compensating PN junction being integrally formed in a semiconductor substrate in a laminated fashion with these PN junctions connected in inverse series with each other, and a semiconductor region interposed between the breakdown PN junction and the temperature compensating PN junction for substantially preventing a transistor action from taking place between the respective PN junctions, wherein the semiconductor region is formed of at least one of a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and a single crystal semiconductor layer having an impurity concentration of higher than about 5.times.10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3.