Measurement and application of vertical inductors in high-speed broadband circuit

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Abstract

The measurement results and a practical application of vertical inductors (VIs) are presented. VIs are on-chip inductors designed to save chip area. In VI the spiral plane is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the substrate. An inductance of 318 pH with a self-resonance frequency of 66.5 GHz is implemented in a 130 nm bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) technology and results are compared with three-dimensional (3D) planar EM (ground-signal-ground) simulations. The inductance per unit area is 424 nH/mm2, more than 1.7 times higher than other simulated spiral horizontal inductors. Moreover, VIs have been applied in the design of a broadband amplifier leading to a 25% bandwidth enhancement.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1915-1917
Seitenumfang3
Fachzeitschrift Electronics letters : the latest research in electronic engineering and technology
Jahrgang50
Ausgabenummer25
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Dez. 2014
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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ORCID /0000-0002-1851-6828/work/142256657

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