Simulation and design of 3D geometric RF IC inductors by novel modeling techniques with magPEEC plus FastCap

Author

Feng, Zhenghe ; Long, Haibo

Author_Institution

State Key Lab on Microwave & Digital Commun., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2004

fDate

1-4 Nov. 2004

Abstract

This, paper presents a new peec (partial element equivalent circuit)-based inductor simulation tool, entitled L-Simulator, which employs a novel magPEEC modeling algorithm and an existing FastCap modeling algorithm to address both magnetic and electrical coupling effects, respectively, in 3D conductor+magnet+dielectric geometries, hence, being capable to simulate and design 3D magnetic-enhanced RF IC inductors. Applications on micromachined inductors in a 0.2 μm GaAs HEMT process and magnetic-cored micro inductors in a 0.18 μm CMOS technology are discussed.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; HEMT integrated circuits; circuit CAD; computational electromagnetics; equivalent circuits; inductors; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; magnetic devices; radiofrequency integrated circuits; 0.18 micron; 0.2 micron; 3D geometric RFIC inductors; CMOS technology; EM simulation CAD tool; FastCap; GaAs; GaAs HEMT process; conductor/magnet/dielectric geometries; electrical coupling effects; magPEEC; magnetic coupling effects; magnetic-cored micro inductors; magnetic-enhanced inductor structures; micromachined inductors; partial element equivalent circuit method; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic circuits; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Semiconductor device modeling; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Electromagnetics and Its Applications, 2004. Proceedings. ICCEA 2004. 2004 3rd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8562-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEA.2004.1459272

Filename

1459272