A comprehensive compact-modeling methodology for spiral inductors in silicon-based RFICs

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 849-857

  Watson, Adam C ^a   Melendy, Daniel ^a,b   Francis, Pascale ^b   Hwang, Kyuwoon ^b   Weisshaar, Andreas ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed effects; Equivalent circuit model; Integrated passives; Proximity effect; RF integrated circuit (RFIC); Silicon; Skin effect; Spiral inductors; Substrate eddy currents

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SKIN EFFECT; SUBSTRATES;

DISTRIBUTED EFFECT; HIGH RESISTIVITY SUBSTRATE; LOW RESISTIVITY SUBSTRATE; PROXIMITY EFFECT; SPIRAL INDUCTOR;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 1842422900     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.823594     Document Type: Article

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