Integration of self-assembled inductors with CMOS LC oscillators

European Microwave Week 2009, EuMW 2009: Science, Progress and Quality at Radiofrequencies, Conference Proceedings - 4th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 523-526

  Mukherjee, A G ^a   Vatti, S ^a   Kiziroglou, M E ^a   Moseley, R W ^b   Papavassiliou, C ^a   Holmes, A S ^a,b   Yeatman, E M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Microsaic Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated inductors; MEMS; RF oscillators

Indexed keywords

CMOS COMPATIBILITY; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; FREQUENCY OFFSETS; HIGH-Q INDUCTORS; IN-PLANE; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; LC-OSCILLATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; OUT-OF-PLANE; POST-CMOS; QUALITY FACTORS; RADIO FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; RF OSCILLATOR; RF SYSTEM; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SELF-ASSEMBLED INDUCTORS; SURFACE TENSION FORCE;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SMELTING; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION; TIN;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 72449184460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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