N-well resistor leakage cancellation

A circuit for canceling leakage in resistive circuits, comprising:

• means for generating a first reference signal, wherein the means for generating the first reference signal comprises a reference resistor;
• means for generating a representative leakage current, wherein the means for generating the representative leakage current comprises a matching leakage resistor, wherein the matching leakage resistor is configured to have leakage characteristics that match the leakage of the reference resistor;
• means for reflecting a first mirrored leakage current such that the first mirrored leakage current reflects the current provided to the matching leakage resistor;
• and
• means for applying the first mirrored leakage current to the reference resistor such that the leakage of the reference resistor is canceled, whereby the first reference signal is not affected by the leakage of the reference resistor.

A method for canceling leakage in resistive circuits, comprising:

• generating a first reference signal, wherein a first reference resistor is used to generate the first reference signal;
• generating a representative leakage current, wherein a matching leakage resistor is used to generate the representative leakage current, and wherein the matching leakage resistor is configured to have leakage characteristics that match the leakage of the reference resistor,
• reflecting a first mirrored leakage current such that the first mirrored leakage current reflects the representative leakage current;
• and
• applying the first mirrored leakage current to the reference resistor such that the leakage of the reference resistor is canceled, whereby the first reference signal is not affected by the leakage of the reference resistor.