Wideband Compact PI Equivalent Circuit for Modeling On-Chip Spiral Inductors

Author

Tsai, Yu-Shun ; Horng, Tzyy-Sheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Cheng Shiu Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

22

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

28

Abstract

A novel wideband nine-element PI equivalent circuit is proposed for modeling on-chip deep-submicron spiral inductors. Mathematical formulations derived by analyzing three quality factors enable fast and accurate extraction of all model elements as frequency-independent values. The model was confirmed using three spiral inductors that were realized in a 90 nm CMOS process and compared with other models to demonstrate its superior accuracy.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Q-factor; equivalent circuits; inductors; integrated circuit modelling; CMOS process; frequency-independent value; mathematical formulation; on-chip deep-submicron spiral inductor; quality factor; size 90 nm; wideband compact PI equivalent circuit; wideband nine-element PI equivalent circuit; CMOS integrated circuits; Equivalent circuits; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor device modeling; Spirals; Equivalent circuit model; SPICE-compatible; quality factor; spiral inductor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2011.2177650

Filename

6107596