The modeling, characterization, and design of monolithic inductors for silicon RF IC's

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-368

  Long, John R ^a,b   Copeland, Miles A ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; HF analog integrated circuits; MMIC's; Modeling; Monolithic inductors; RFIC's; Silicon integrated circuit technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC INDUCTOR; SILICON INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 0031103498     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.557634     Document Type: Article

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