DocumentCode
341986
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
Volume
3
fYear
1999
fDate
13-19 June 1999
Firstpage
859
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5135-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779522
Filename
779522
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