Title :
A wideband circuit model of on-chip spiral inductor in 0.13µm CMOS process
Author :
Liu Lintao ; Yu Mingyan ; Wang Jinxiang ; Jiang Ming
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Center, Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
In this paper, a simple wideband circuit model for on-chip spiral inductors is presented. The model shows excellent agreement with measured data mostly within 4.91% across a variety of inductor geometries up to 20 GHz. The proposed model has been verified with measured results of inductors fabricated in 0.13 μm CMOS process. The inductors have two dimensions: turn and inner radius. The new model accurately captures series resistance and inductance over a wide frequency range, even beyond the self-resonant frequency.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS process; on-chip spiral inductor; self-resonant frequency; series inductance; series resistance; wideband circuit model; CMOS process; Circuits; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency; Geometry; Inductors; Semiconductor device modeling; Solid modeling; Spirals; Wideband; circuit model; on-chip spiral inductors; wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, 2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4076-4
DOI :
10.1109/MAPE.2009.5355818