• DocumentCode
    3419019
  • Title

    Planar inductors with subdivided conductors for reducing eddy current effects

  • Author

    Peter, M. ; Hein, H. ; Oehler, F. ; Baureis, P.

  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    11-11 April 2003
  • Firstpage
    104
  • Lastpage
    106
  • Abstract
    In this work, a method for reducing eddy current effects in planar inductors is presented. This patent pending method has already been demonstrated to be effective for microstrip lines. In this work we present measurements that demonstrate that the maximum quality factor of a planar inductor in a standard 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS process with three metal layers could be improved by up to 35% to a value of 8.0.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; Q-factor; conductors (electric); eddy currents; inductors; radiofrequency integrated circuits; 0.35 micron; CMOS RFIC; eddy current; planar inductor; quality factor; subdivided conductor; CMOS process; Conductors; Eddy currents; Inductors; Magnetic fields; Measurement standards; Q factor; Scattering parameters; Silicon; Spirals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2003. Digest of Papers. 2003 Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Grainau, Germany
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7787-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SMIC.2003.1196680
  • Filename
    1196680