An improved prediction of series resistance in spiral inductor modeling with eddy-current effect

Author

Ooi, Ban-Leong ; Xu, Dao-Xian ; Kooi, Pang-Shyan ; Lin, Fu-Jiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

50

Issue

9

fYear

2002

fDate

9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2202

Lastpage

2206

Abstract

Based on an earlier study by Kuhn and Ibrahim (see IEEE J. Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 49, no. 1, p. 31-38, 2001) on current crowding, an improved expression incorporating the skin effect for the prediction of series resistance in spiral inductor modeling has been derived. A modified model for the spiral inductor, which accounts for the eddy-current effect, is thus proposed. Relatively good agreements between the measured data and the results generated from the model are obtained

Keywords

MMIC; Q-factor; eddy currents; electric resistance; equivalent circuits; inductors; integrated circuit modelling; skin effect; GaAs; GaAs substrate; MMIC; circuit model; current crowding; eddy-current effect; modified inductor model; monolithic-microwave integrated-circuit; quality factor; series resistance prediction; skin effect; spiral inductor modeling; Circuits; Eddy currents; Frequency; Inductors; MMICs; Permeability; Predictive models; Proximity effect; Skin effect; Spirals;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2002.802337

Filename

1028972