A new modeling technique for simulating 3-D arbitrary conductor-magnet structures for RFIC applications

Author

Long, Haibo ; Feng, Zhenghe ; Feng, Haigang ; Wang, Albert ; Ren, Tianling ; Bao, Junbo ; Liu, Feng ; Yang, Chen ; Zhang, Xiao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

52

Issue

7

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1354

Lastpage

1363

Abstract

This paper presents a new modeling technique, entitled extended MagPEEC model, which can be used to simulate arbitrary three-dimensional conductor-magnet structures of any geometry with direct conductor-magnet interfaces included. The new model was validated using a sample coaxial transmission line structure and was applied to investigate a group of super compact six-layer stacked spiral radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) inductor structures with various magnetic media integrated inside. This new modeling technique can be used to assist design of complex conductor-magnet structures including various magnetic-enhanced inductors for RFIC applications.

Keywords

circuit simulation; conductors (electric); equivalent circuits; magnetic devices; radiofrequency integrated circuits; transmission lines; 3D conductor-magnet structures; C-M interfaces; MagPEEC model; RFIC applications; coaxial transmission line; conductor-magnet interfaces; fictitious magnetized current; inductance matrix; inductor structure; magnetic-enhanced inductors; partial element equivalent circuits; radio frequency integrated circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Inductance; Inductors; Integrated circuit technology; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Solid modeling; Spirals; System-on-a-chip; C-M interfaces; PEEC; conductor-magnet interfaces; fictitious magnetized current; inductance matrix; magPEEC; partial element equivalent circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2005.850662

Filename

1459092