Title :
Skin effect considerations in K-Band designs
Author :
Zhang, Tao ; Subramanian, Viswanathan ; Portela, Henrique ; Boeck, Georg
Author_Institution :
Microwave Eng. Lab., Berlin Inst. of Technol., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, the skin effect of on-chip transmission lines and inductors at K-Band operating frequencies are investigated. Two microstrip lines with different lengths are simulated and compared with each other. A patterned ground shielded inductor is simulated using various meshing strategies and the results are compared. A 24 GHz common source CMOS low noise amplifier is designed, simulated and measured. The results show that, at K band operating frequencies Electro Magnetic simulations with proper edge mesh are able to model the skin effect precisely and show good agreement with the measured performance.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; low noise amplifiers; microstrip lines; microwave integrated circuits; skin effect; transmission lines; K band operating frequencies electro magnetic simulations; common source CMOS low noise amplifier; frequency 24 GHz; microstrip lines; on-chip transmission lines; patterned ground shielded inductor; skin effect considerations; Frequency; Inductors; K-band; Low-noise amplifiers; Magnetic noise; Magnetic shielding; Microstrip; Noise measurement; Skin effect; Transmission lines; K-Band; edge mesh; inductor; low noise amplifier; skin effect; transmission line;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Belem
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5356-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1679-4389
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427623
