Temperature and substrate-impedance dependence of noise figure of monolithic RF inductors on silicon

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-400

  Lin, Yo Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Noise figure; Quality (Q) factor; Spiral inductor; Substrate impedance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; MONOLITHIC RF INDUCTORS; NOISE FIGURE; QUALITY (Q) FACTOR; SPIRAL INDUCTOR; SUBSTRATE IMPEDANCE;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 20544433217     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2005.848099     Document Type: Article

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