• DocumentCode
    1155239
  • Title

    EM and substrate coupling in silicon RFICs

  • Author

    Amaya, Rony ; Popplewell, Peter H R ; Cloutier, Mark ; Plett, Calvin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    1968
  • Lastpage
    1971
  • Abstract
    An investigation of coupling between inductors and resonators fabricated in silicon substrates is presented and the effects on RF systems and components are discussed. A novel experimental technique to measure inductor and resonator coupling is presented. The experiment is extremely sensitive, fast, accurate, and unique in that no matching, probe de-embedding, or calibration is necessary as the ratio of two on-chip signals is measured to yield the results.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic coupling; injection locked oscillators; integrated circuit design; microwave integrated circuits; substrates; EM coupling; RFIC; inductor coupling measurement; resonator coupling measurement; substrate coupling; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Inductance; Inductors; Injection-locked oscillators; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Silicon; Transmitters; Voltage-controlled oscillators; EM coupling; RFIC; injection locking; silicon; substrate coupling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.2005.848178
  • Filename
    1501997