• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권7호
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• pp.17-24
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• 1998

We proposed a novel bondwire inductor buried in plastic package for low cost MMIC and characaterized the electrical perofmrance in a wide frequency range using the full-wave analysis of finite element method(FEM), and then we fabricated and measured the scale-up model in order to prove the characteristics. Th ebondwire inductor has higher quality factor and higher cutoff frequency than the conventional spiral inductor designed n the same area as the bondwire inductor. Since the air-bridge process is not requried for the bondwire inductor, it is very suitable for low cost plastic-packaged MMIC production. The bondwire inductor has the field distribution localized around the bondwire inductor and hence is more compatible to the crosstalk problems.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.559-565
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• 2002

현재 RFIC를 위해 실리콘 기판상에 구현되는 인덕터의 Q 값은 12 이하로 알려져있기 때문에, 고성능 회로설계를 위해서는 더욱 높은 Q 값을 갖는 인덕터의 구현이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 본드와이어를 이용하여 높은 Q 값을 가지는 두 개의 인덕터를 제안하였고, 동일한 인덕터에 PGS를 적용하여 총 4가지 형태의 인덕터를 구현하였다. 제안된 본드와이어 인덕터는 일반적인 금속선로보다 넓은 단면적 때문에 상대적으로 작은 도체 손실을 갖고, 인덕터의 상당부분이 공기 중에 위치하므로 기생 캐패시턴스 성분을 줄일 수 있다. 해석 및 측정결과 1.5 GHz 에서 기존의 나선형 인덕터보다 상당히 개선된 15이상의 Q 값을 가짐을 확인하였다. 또한 자동 본딩 머신을 사용하여 구현하기 때문에, 동일한 형태의 인덕터를 반복적으로 쉽게 만들 수 있다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 스위치드 본드와이어 인덕터 뱅크를 사용하여, 넓은 주파수 튜닝범위를 갖는 다중대역 저잡음 CMOS 전압제어발진기가 제안되었다. 본드와이어 인덕터와 CMOS 스위치의 결합으로 주파수 튜닝범위는 증가하고, 위상잡음은 개선되었다. 제안된 다중대역 CMOS 전압제어발진기는 2.3GHz부터 6.3GHz까지의 주파수에 대해 동작하며, 위상잡음은 1MHz 오프셋 주파수에 대해, 각각 -136dBc/Hz와 -122dBc/Hz를 나타내었다. 스위치드 본드와이어 인덕터 뱅크는 각 주파수 대역에서 높은 Quality factor(Q)를 나타내어, 위상잡음과 전력소모량 사이의 trade-off를 더욱 원활하게 해 준다. 제안된 전압제어발진기는 TSMC 0.18um CMOS공정을 사용하여 설계되었고, 7.2mW의 전력을 사용하며, 6GHz 발진주파수에 대해 1MHz 오프셋 주파수에서 -189.3dBC/Hz의 성능지수(FOM)를 나타내었다.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제34D권9호
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• pp.28-35
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• 1997

A novel high-Q vertical jinductor for MMICs is proposed and characterized in a wide range of frequencies (DC~10 GHz) using the numerical methods such as the PeEC(partial equivalent element circuit), the FDM (finite difference method) and the MoM (method of moments). Electrical superiority of the vertical inductor to the horizontal is observed in terms of the magnetic flux linkage and the ground screening effect. The veritcal bondwire inductor is designed in consideration of the wire bonding feasibility and the optimum electrical peformance. This structure is also analyzed using the equivalent circuit and compared with the conventional spiral inductors From the calculated results, high Q-factor, inductance, and cut-off frequency are observed to be inherent characteristics of the veritcal bondwire inductor.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.158-162
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• 2015

A low phase noise CMOS voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) for multi-band/multi-standard RF Transceivers is presented. For both wide tunability and low phase noise characteristics, Hybrid inductor which uses both bondwire inductor and planar spiral inductor in the same area, is proposed. This approach reduces inductance variation and presents high quality factor without custom-designed single-turn inductor occupying large area, which improves phase noise and tuning range characteristics without additional area loss. An LC VCO is designed in a 0.13um CMOS technology to demonstrate the hybrid inductor concept. The measured phase noise is -121dBc/Hz at 400KHz offset and -142dBc/Hz at 3MHz offset from a 900MHz carrier frequency after divider. The tuning range of about 28%(3.15 to 4.18GHz) is measured. The VCO consumes 7.5mA from 1.3V supply and meets the requirements for GSM/EDGE and WCDMA standard.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2020

The implementation of a low phase noise voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is important for the signal integrity of wireless communication terminal. A low phase noise wideband VCO for a wireless local area network (WLAN) application is presented in this paper. A 6-bit coarse tune capacitor bank (capbank) and a fine tune varactor are used in the VCO to cover the target band. The simulated oscillation frequency tuning range is from 8.6 to 11.6 GHz. The proposed VCO is desgned using 65 nm CMOS technology with a high quality (Q) factor bondwire inductor. The VCO is biased with 1.8 V VDD and shows 9.7 mA current consumption. The VCO exhibits a phase noise of -122.77 and -111.14 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from 8.6 and 11.6 GHz carrier frequency, respectively. The calculated figure of merit(FOM) is -189 dBC/Hz at 1 MHz offset from 8.6 GHz carrier. The simulated results show that the proposed VCO performance satisfies the required specification of WLAN standard.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2009

This paper describes CMOS VCO circuit design procedures and techniques for multi-band/multi-standard RF transceivers. The proposed techniques enable a 4 GHz CMOS VCO to satisfy all requirements for Quad-band GSMIEDGE and WCDMA standards by achieving a good trade-off among important specifications, phase noise, power consumption, modulation performance, and chip area efficiency. To meet the very stringent GSM T/Rx phase noise and wide frequency range specifications, the VCO utilizes bond-wire inductors with high-quality factor, an 8-bit coarse tune capbank for low VCO gain(30$\sim$50 MHz/V) and an on-chip $2^{nd}$ harmonic noise filter. The proposed VCO is implemented in $0.13{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The measured tuning range is about 34 %(3.17 to 4.49 GHz). The VCO exhibits a phase noise of -123 dBc/Hz at 400 kHz offset and -145 dBc/Hz at 3 MHz offset from a 900 MHz carrier after LO chain. The calculated figure of merit(FOM) is -183.5 dBc/Hz at 3 MHz offset. This fully integrated VCO occupies $0.45{\times}0.9\;mm^2$.