• DocumentCode
    1355454
  • Title

    Design and Modeling of Optimum Quality Spiral Inductors With Regularization and Debye Approximation

  • Author

    Ballicchia, Mauro ; Orcioni, Simone

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. Biomedica Elettron. e delle Telecomun., Univ. Politec. delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1669
  • Lastpage
    1681
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a methodology, based on the regularization theory, to find the planar spiral inductors with optimum quality factor in the whole space of geometric parameters. Moreover a new technique, based on the Debye approximation, has been applied to extract an equivalent circuit model of these inductors. This model provides an accurate wideband frequency characterization up to 30 GHz.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; equivalent circuits; inductors; Debye approximation; equivalent circuit model; optimum quality spiral inductors; regularization theory; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Data models; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; Q factor; Spirals; Debye approximation; RF IC; equivalent circuit model; quality factor $(Q)$; regularization; spiral inductor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0070
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCAD.2010.2061470
  • Filename
    5605328