A physical model for on-chip spiral inductors with accurate substrate modeling

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2942-2948

  Huo, X ^b   Chan, Philip C H ^a,c   Chen, Kevin J ^a,c   Luong, Howard C ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Hong Kong Sci Park   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Inductor modeling; Integrated inductors; Radio frequency (RF) ICs; Silicon substrate

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SUBSTRATES;

INDUCTOR MODELING; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ICS; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 33947198291     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2006.885091     Document Type: Article

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