Efficient utilization of on-chip inductors in silicon RF IC design using a novel CAD tool; the LNA paradigm

Author

Papananos, Yannis ; Koutsoyannopoulos, Yorgos

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Circuit Design Group, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

6

fYear

1998

fDate

31 May-3 Jun 1998

Firstpage

118

Abstract

A CAD tool for modelling planar and multi-layer polygonal integrated inductors on silicon substrates has been developed. The tool can be used in the efficient design of RF ICs containing on-chip inductors. The accuracy and reliability of the software is established through measurement results. The CAD tool is then used in the extraction of design guidelines for the development of inductor structures suitable for a given application. This procedure is demonstrated with the design of an LNA

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; Q-factor; UHF amplifiers; UHF integrated circuits; circuit CAD; elemental semiconductors; field effect MMIC; inductors; integrated circuit design; silicon; 1 GHz; CAD tool; LNA paradigm; PC-based CAD program; SISP; Si; Si RF IC design; Si substrates; Spiral Inductor Simulation Program; design guidelines; digital submicron CMOS process; inductor structures; low noise amplifier; multi-layer polygonal integrated inductors; on-chip inductors; planar polygonal integrated inductors; quality factor; software reliability; Design automation; Guidelines; Inductance; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Silicon; Spirals; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1998. ISCAS '98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4455-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1998.705226

Filename

705226