Design and Test of Integrated Inductors for RF Applications

<P>Dedication. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Abbreviations. Preface. <BR><STRONG>1: Introduction. 1.</STRONG> Conventional IC fabrication technologies. <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Keys to progress in RF transceiver design: High Q integrated inductors. <STRONG>3.</STRONG> The challenge of integrating high quality inductors. <STRONG>4.</STRONG> Structure of the book. <BR><STRONG>2: General</STRONG> <STRONG>considerations. 1.</STRONG> Ways of of integrating an inductor. <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Spiral inductors on silicon based technologies. <BR><STRONG>3: Inductor's test and</STRONG> <STRONG>characterization. 1.</STRONG> On wafer measuring equipment. <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Measuring accuracy and repeatability. <STRONG>3.</STRONG> Measuring configuration: 1-port versus 2-port configuration. <STRONG>4.</STRONG> Test fixture design. <STRONG>5.</STRONG> De-embedding techniques. <STRONG>6.</STRONG> Pi model inductor characterization. <STRONG><BR>4:</STRONG> <STRONG>Influence of the geometric parameters on the inductor's performance:</STRONG> <STRONG>Design rules. 1.</STRONG> Problem description. <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Analytical study and simulations. <STRONG>3.</STRONG> Empirical study. <STRONG>4.</STRONG> Design considerations. <BR><STRONG>5:</STRONG> <STRONG>Inductor's design flow. 1.</STRONG> Generation phase. <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Filtering phase. <STRONG>3.</STRONG> Performance estimation phase. <STRONG>4.</STRONG> Verification phase. <BR>Appendix. References. Index. </P>