• DocumentCode
    2111791
  • Title

    High performance MEMS 0.18μm RF- CMOS inductors

  • Author

    Yishay, R. Ben ; Stolyarova, S. ; Shapira, S. ; Nemirovsky, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    13-14 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    This work presents the fabrication and characterization of on-chip micromachined spiral inductors in a commercially available 0.18mum CMOS process provided by TOWER Semiconductors Ltd. It explores the possibility to reduce parasitic effects and extending high frequency performance by applying a maskless micromachining post processing to create fully integrated inductors, suspended over the substrate with inter-turn dielectric removed.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; inductors; micromachining; micromechanical devices; radiofrequency integrated circuits; MEMS; RF-CMOS inductors; inter-turn dielectric; maskless micromachining post processing; on-chip micromachined spiral inductors; size 0.18 mum; CMOS process; Conductivity; Frequency; Inductors; Micromechanical devices; Parasitic capacitance; Q factor; Silicon; Spirals; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems, 2008. COMCAS 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tel-Aviv
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2097-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2098-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMCAS.2008.4562816
  • Filename
    4562816