A study of on-chip stacked multi-loop spiral inductors

• Main Authors: Zhang, Yue Ping, Yang, Kai, Yin, Wen Yan, Shi, Jinglin, Kang, Kai, Mao, Jun Fa
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92314; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6264
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper proposes a new differential topology that features a stacked multiloop inductor. Comparative studies of stacked one- to four-loop spiral inductors with and without patterned ground shields (PGSs) for silicon-based radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) were conducted, a...