DocumentCode
1434058
Title
Reducing the substrate losses of RF integrated inductors
Author
Mernyei, Ferenc ; Darrer, Franz ; Pardoen, Matthijs ; Sibrai, Andreas
Author_Institution
Budapest Design Office, Austria Mikro Syst. Int. AG, Budapest, Hungary
Volume
8
Issue
9
fYear
1998
fDate
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
300
Lastpage
301
Abstract
The authors introduce a new method for reducing the substrate-related losses of integrated spiral inductors for Si RF ICs. Measurement based equivalent circuit parameters are demonstrated. Using our method the quality factor increased from 5.3 to 6.0 at 3.5 GHz at an 1.8 nH inductor
Keywords
MMIC; Q-factor; UHF integrated circuits; eddy current losses; equivalent circuits; inductors; silicon; 2.2 to 3.5 GHz; RF integrated inductors; Si; Si RF ICs; equivalent circuit parameters; onchip spiral inductors; quality factor; radiofrequency applications; substrate losses reduction; Eddy currents; Equivalent circuits; Inductors; Integrated circuit measurements; Q factor; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Silicon; Spirals; Substrates;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1051-8207
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/75.720461
Filename
720461
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