A new stratified crossed stacked spiral inductor with improved self-resonance frequency

Jing Cai, Xi Li, Wentao Zhu, Xiaojin Li, Quan Ding, Yanling Shi, Shaojian Hu

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Abstract

A new stratified crossed structure to decrease the parasitic capacitance of stacked spiral inductor is proposed. By shifting the neighbor trace at same layer to the adjacent, the capacitances between the inductor's strips are effectively compressed. Hence, its self-resonance frequency and quality factor can be improved. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed inductor, both the conventional and the proposed stacked spiral inductors have been simulated and compared by AnsoftTM HFSS. The results show that the self-resonant frequency (fSR) and maximum quality factor (Q) of the proposed 3.4-nH inductor have 87% and 15% improvements, respectively, compared with those of the conventional inductor. Meanwhile, the presented stratified crossed structure can be integrated into RF circuits based on conventional CMOS process. All analysis and results are valuable for optimizing on-chip stacked spiral inductors, especially for their application on high frequency circuits.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control, ICECC 2011 - Proceedings
Pages1240-1243
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control, ICECC 2011 - Ningbo, China
Duration: 9 Sep 201111 Sep 2011

Publication series

Name2011 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control, ICECC 2011 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control, ICECC 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNingbo
Period9/09/1111/09/11

Keywords

  • parasitic capacitance
  • quality factor
  • self-resonance frequency
  • stacked inductor

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