Characterization and modeling of silicon integrated spiral inductors for high-frequency applications

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-100

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

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

De embedding; Integrated inductors; Modeling; On wafer measurements; RF ICs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; ERROR CORRECTION; GEOMETRY; SILICON WAFERS;

GROUND SHIELD CIRCULAR INDUCTORS; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; ON-WAFER MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 34250322517     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-007-9063-7     Document Type: Article

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