• DocumentCode
    3281083
  • Title

    An optimized model of skin effect for on-chip spiral inductors

  • Author

    Sun, X. ; Carchon, G. ; De Raedt, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Microwave & RF Syst. Group, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6-8 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    445
  • Lastpage
    448
  • Abstract
    An accurate equivalent network for modeling the skin effect is presented. Rules for choosing the number of parallel R-L branches for precisely modeling the skin effect in spiral inductors are presented. The concept has been verified using high-Q on-chip inductors realized using wafer level packaging techniques. A good agreement between measurements and simulations has been obtained up to the first resonance.
  • Keywords
    MMIC; Q-factor; equivalent circuits; integrated circuit packaging; lumped parameter networks; radiofrequency integrated circuits; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device models; skin effect; thin film inductors; equivalent network; high-Q on-chip inductors; lumped-element model; measurements; on-chip spiral inductors; optimized skin effect model; parallel R-L branches; resonance; simulations; wafer level packaging techniques; Circuit simulation; Current density; Inductance; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device modeling; Skin effect; Spirals; Wafer scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2004. Digest of Papers. 2004 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1529-2517
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8333-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2004.1320649
  • Filename
    1320649