Spiral inductors for V-band wireless ICs

Vasu Pulijala, Syed Azeemuddin

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Abstract

This paper presents spiral inductors for V-band (50GHz-75GHz) wireless Integrated Circuits (ICs). The effects of variation of various design parameters of spiral inductors viz. number of turns, internal radius and width & spacing of metal turns on self resonant frequency and quality factor of inductor are studied. Based on the observations spiral inductor for V-band wireless ICs has been designed. The proposed L.5 Turn spiral inductor, which has an internal radius of 11μm and spiral & underpass metal thicknesses of 0.3μm, gives an inductance of 6.6nH with a quality factor of 7.3 at 60GHz.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference, AEMC 2011
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference, AEMC 2011 - Kolkata, India
Duration: Dec 18 2011Dec 22 2011

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference, AEMC 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference, AEMC 2011
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityKolkata
Period12/18/1112/22/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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