Title :
SiGe 30GHz active inductor based on cascode gyrator
Author :
Torres, Jorge Alves ; Freire, João Costa
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Lisbon
Abstract :
A monolithic active inductor, to be used up to millimetre wave band lower edge, 30GHz, was implemented with a SiGe technology with 4 metal layers and HBTs with fT=120 GHz. The inductor has a Q greater then 30 on a 4.5GHz bandwidth. The inductance value can be as high as InH. Adjusting the bias conditions an inductance variation over 50% was measured.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; MMIC; active networks; gyrators; heterojunction bipolar transistors; inductors; HBT; SiGe; cascode gyrator; millimetre wave band lower edge; monolithic active inductor; Active inductors; Bandwidth; Capacitors; Germanium silicon alloys; Gyrators; Inductance; Q factor; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2641-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2642-3
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2008.4958305