• DocumentCode
    2167131
  • Title

    Characterization of CMOS Spiral Inductors

  • Author

    Palazzaril, V. ; Placidi, P. ; Stopponi, G. ; Ciampolini, P. ; Alimenti, F. ; Roselli, L. ; Scorzoni, A.

  • Author_Institution
    DIEI, UniversitÃ\xa0 di Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy. Tel: +39-75-585.3637, Fax: +39-75-585.3654, E-mail: palazzari@diei.unipg.it
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    24-26 Sept. 2001
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this work "full-wave" simulations of integrated inductors are presented and compared with measurements of fabricated CMOS chips. The good agreement between measurements and simulations demonstrates the accuracy of the tool, which is, hence, a cheaper alternative to experimental characterization. Furthermore, the proposed approach may give precious hints for performance improvements, by making internal device fields and currents available for the VLSI designer and providing compact, most effective, equivalent models.
  • Keywords
    CMOS technology; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Inductors; Magnetic field measurement; Maxwell equations; Q factor; Semiconductor device measurement; Spirals; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European
  • Conference_Location
    London, England
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2001.339167
  • Filename
    4140235