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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2007.18.5.530

Indictor Library for RF Integrated Circuits in Standard Digital 0.18 μm CMOS Technology  

Jung, Wee-Shin (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, Seung-Soo (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Park, Yong-Guk (Ubiquitous Computing Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
Won, Kwang-Ho (Ubiquitous Computing Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
Shin, Hyun-Chol (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Publication Information
The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.18, no.5, 2007 , pp. 530-538 More about this Journal
Abstract
An inductor library for efficient low cost RFIC design has been developed based on a standard digital 0.18 ${\mu}m$ CMOS process. The developed library provides four structural variations that are most popular in RFIC design; standard spiral structure, patterned ground shield(PGS) structure to enhance quality factor, stacked structure to enable high inductance values in a given silicon area, multilayer structure to lower series resistance. Electromagnetic simulation, equivalent circuit, and parameter extraction processes have been verified based on measurement results. The extensive measurement and simulation results of the inductor library can be a great asset for low cost RFIC design and development.
Keywords
Inductor; Quality Factor; RF Integrated Circuit;
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