Title :
Loss considerations for lumped inductors in silicon MMICs
Author :
Gevorgyan, S. ; Oval, O. ; Hansson, B. ; Jacobsson, H. ; Lewin, T.
Author_Institution :
Core Unit Res. Center, Ericsson Microwave Syst., Molndal, Sweden
Abstract :
It is shown that in a standard silicon technology the Q-factor of lumped inductors may be increased by design of the cross section of the geometry of the bends and layout. The overall performance depends also on how the terminals of the coils are arranged relative to the ground plane.
Keywords :
MMIC; Q-factor; elemental semiconductors; inductors; integrated circuit layout; losses; silicon; substrates; Q-factor; Si; Si MMICs; coil layout design; coil terminals arrangement; lumped inductors; strip cross section; strip losses; substrate losses; Coils; Conductivity; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Inductors; MMICs; Q factor; Silicon; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5135-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779522
