Sub-nH Inductor modeling for RF IC design

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 922-924

  Biondi, Tonio ^a,b   Scuderi, Angelo ^c   Ragonese, Egidio ^c   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated inductors; Modeling; On wafer measurements; Radio frequency integrated circuits (RF ICs); Silicon technology

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; MODELING; ON-WAFER MEASUREMENTS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (RF ICS); SILICON TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; INDUCTANCE; RADIO; SILICON WAFERS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

EID: 30344453615     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.859941     Document Type: Article

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