The Texas Instruments LM4040C25IDBZRG4 is a precision shunt voltage reference delivering a fixed 2.5 V output with ±0.5 % initial tolerance.
Tolerance, drift, and noise — the accuracy budget
The ±0.5 % tolerance at 25 °C sets the initial voltage to 2.5 V ±12.5 mV. That is the floor for a 12-bit ADC's LSB — you keep the full code range without a trim pot in production. Temperature coefficient is 100 ppm/°C. For a 14-bit converter that drift eats into the top and bottom codes — budget for it in the system error analysis. Noise spec is 35 µVrms over the 10 Hz to 10 kHz band. That is quiet enough to feed a 16-bit SAR ADC without an external RC filter in most industrial signal chains.
Package and pinout — SOT-23-3 footprint facts
Three-pin SOT-23-3 (TO-236-3 / SC-59) surface-mount package. The pinout is standard for the LM4040 family: cathode, anode, and no-connect. The 15 mA maximum output current and 80 µA minimum cathode current define the bias resistor range for the shunt configuration.
