Fully integrated concurrent dual-band low noise amplifier with suspended inductors in SiGe 0.35 µm BiCMOS technology

YT Lin, T Wang, SS Lu - Electronics Letters, 2008 - IET
A fully integrated concurrent dual-band low noise amplifier with suspended inductors is
reported. Wideband input impedance matching and wideband low noise characteristics are …

Design and modeling of high-Q variable width and spacing, planar and 3-D stacked spiral inductors

RR Manikandan, VNR Vanukuru… - … Symposium on VLSI …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Layout optimized planar spiral inductors using variable width (W) and spacing (S) across
their turns are known to exhibit higher quality factors (Q). In this paper, we explore the …

Analytical design algorithm of planar inductor layout in CMOS technology

HM Hsu, KY Chan, HC Chien… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A layout design algorithm for a variable-width inductor is proposed to minimize metal
resistance. For a given chip area, the proposed algorithm can rapidly design metal widths of …

The Enhancement of -Factor of Planar Spiral Inductor With Low-Temperature Annealing

H Sun, Z Liu, J Zhao, L Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we demonstrate an effective way of annealing in vacuum to enhance the-
Factor of planar spiral inductors for RF applications. The impact on the enhancement of the …

A parameterized cell design for high-Q, variable width and spacing spiral inductors

RR Manikandan, VNR Vanukuru… - … Microwave and RF …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The on-chip planar spiral inductors having variable width (W) and spacing (S) across their
turns are known to exhibit higher quality factors (Q). In this paper, we present an efficient …

An analysis of perfect-magnetic-coupling ultra-low-loss micromachined SMIS RF transformers for RFIC applications

HB Liang, YS Lin, CC Chen, PF Yeh… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Selective removal of the silicon underneath a set of single-turn multilayer interlaced stacked
(SMIS) radio-frequency (RF) transformers with nearly perfect magnetic-coupling factor (k IM …

Planar Circular Spiral Inductors With Improved Q and Self-Resonance Frequency Using Compensatory Capacitance Technique

PK Nishad, D Ghosh - IEEE Transactions on Components …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a planar circular spiral inductor introducing an optimum compensatory
ground capacitance to improve its quality factor and self-resonance frequency (SRF). The …

A PCell design methodology for automatic layout generation of spiral inductor using skill script

S Tayenjam, VNR Vanukuru… - … Devices, Circuits and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With advancement in technology, higher level integration is coming to fore which demands
components with high performance and efficiency in time to market. In VLSI domain, layout …

CMOS-Compatible Micromachined Toroid and Solenoid Inductors With High -Factors

I Zine-El-Abidine, M Okoniewski - IEEE electron device letters, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have fabricated high-quality-factor toroid and solenoid inductors using two copper-
plating steps. The inductors exhibit Q-factors as high as 87 at 14.5 GHz and 35 at 6.4 GHz …

A high performance switchable multiband inductor structure for LC-VCOs

RR Manikandan, VNR Vanukuru - 2017 30th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A switchable number of turns, symmetric, parallel stacked, variable width and spacing
inductor structure with performance optimized for multi-band operation and an area efficient …