Analysis and Equivalent-Circuit Model for CMOS On-Chip Multiple Coupled Inductors in the Millimeter-Wave Region

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Author(s)

  • Zongzhi Gao
  • Kai Kang
  • Zhengdong Jiang
  • Yunqiu Wu
  • Chenxi Zhao
  • And 4 others
  • Yong-Lin Ban
  • Lingling Sun
  • Quan Xue
  • Wen-Yan Yin

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Article number7312452
Pages (from-to)3957-3964
Journal / PublicationIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume62
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2015

Abstract

A growing number of on-chip inductors have been applied in the millimeter-wave IC design. The coupling effects between them have a negative impact on the performance of the circuit and each on-chip inductor. In this paper, a new equivalent-circuit model and a parameter extraction method for multiple on-chip inductors in the millimeter-wave region are proposed. The impacts of coupling effects on every on-chip inductor are comprehensive considered in the proposed parameter extraction method. The characteristics of the multiple on-chip-coupled inductors are analyzed, modeled, and measured. The test structures were fabricated by 0.18-μ m and 90-nm CMOS processes. The inductances, quality factors, and S-parameters of the model agree well with the measured performance of on-chip-nested and side-by-side-coupled inductors over a wide frequency range from 10 MHz up to millimeter-wave frequency band.

Research Area(s)

  • CMOS, equivalent-circuit model, millimeter wave, multiple coupled inductors, nested coupled inductors.

Citation Format(s)

Analysis and Equivalent-Circuit Model for CMOS On-Chip Multiple Coupled Inductors in the Millimeter-Wave Region. / Gao, Zongzhi; Kang, Kai; Jiang, Zhengdong et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 62, No. 12, 7312452, 01.12.2015, p. 3957-3964.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review