• DocumentCode
    397442
  • Title

    High-Q inductors on digital VLSI CMOS substrate for analog RF applications

  • Author

    Ellinger, Frank ; Kossel, Marcel ; Huber, Meik ; Schmatz, Martin ; Kromer, Christian ; Sialm, Gion ; Barras, David ; Rodoni, Lucio ; von Buren, G. ; Jackel, Heinz

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    20-23 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    869
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the design, modeling and performance of high-Q RF inductors using aggressively scaled digital VLSI CMOS technology are presented. Quality factors of 12.7 and 10, and self resonance frequencies of 45 GHz and 29 GHz are measured for inductors with values of 0.31 nH and 0.9 nH, respectively. The influence of parasitics is also investigated.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC; Q-factor; VLSI; circuit simulation; thin film inductors; 29 GHz; 45 GHz; MMIC; analog RF IC; digital VLSI CMOS substrates; high-Q RF inductors; microwave integrated circuits; parasitic resistance; self resonance frequency; CMOS technology; Conductivity; Inductors; Integrated circuit technology; MOSFETs; Q factor; Radio frequency; Spirals; Substrates; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7824-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242694
  • Filename
    1242694