Comparison of optimal design of different spiral inductors

Author

Stojanovic, G. ; Zivanov, Lj

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Novi Sad Univ., Serbia

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

16-19 May 2004

Firstpage

613

Abstract

One of the key components in many RF ICs applications is the inductor. It is very important that inductor has optimal design, that means, optimal geometry with the best possible characteristics. In this work optimal design of square, octagonal, and circular spiral inductors are compared. Our optimization algorithm is based on compact model, where the physical behavior is described through analytical expressions in geometric programming (GP) form. Globally optimal trade-off curves between maximum Q-factor or self-resonance frequency and inductance are presented. Results of our software tool show that the best layout of spiral inductor is circular then octagonal and square spiral.

Keywords

Q-factor; geometric programming; inductors; integrated circuit design; microwave integrated circuits; Q-factor; RF ICs applications; circular spiral inductors; compact model; octagonal; optimal design; optimization algorithm; self-resonance frequency; spiral inductors; square; Algorithm design and analysis; Conductors; Design optimization; Educational institutions; Geometry; Inductors; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Solid modeling; Spirals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics, 2004. 24th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8166-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMEL.2004.1314902

Filename

1314902