Record Q symmetrical inductors for 10-GHz LC-VCOs in 0.18-μm gate-length CMOS

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 713-715

  Tiemeijer, L F ^a   Havens, R J ^a   Pavlovic, N ^a   Leenaerts, D M W ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMOS inductors; Integrated circuits (ICs); On wafer microwave measurements; Voltage controlled oscillator (LC VCO)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATING CIRCUITS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ON WAFER MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; Q SYMMETRICAL INDUCTORS; SINGLE LOOP INDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 0036920267     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2002.805740     Document Type: Letter

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