Title :
Variability-aware lTCC spiral inductor synthesis
Author :
Chan, Tuck-Boon ; Lu, Hsin-Chia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
We proposed a variability-aware inductor synthesis methodology to generate optimal designs under design constrains and process variations. The synthesis results show that our variation modeling method based on partial element equivalent circuit (PEEC) and sequential quadratic programming is able to locate a robust design less sensitive to process variations as compared to conventional approach.
Keywords :
equivalent circuits; inductors; quadratic programming; LTCC; partial element equivalent circuit; sequential quadratic programming; spiral inductor; variability-aware methodology; variation modeling; Capacitance; Circuit synthesis; Conductors; Design optimization; Geometry; Inductance; Inductors; Quadratic programming; Skin; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Materials and Packaging, 2008. EMAP 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3620-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3621-7
DOI :
10.1109/EMAP.2008.4784246