High Frequency Analysis and Optimization of Planar Spiral Inductors Used in Microelectronic Circuits

This paper deals with high frequency analysis of spiral inductors, used in microelectronics circuits, to optimize their configuration. Software developed, designed, and implemented by the authors for nano and micrometre spiral inductor high frequency analysis, named ABSIF, is presented in this paper. ABSIF determines the inductance, quality factor, and electrical parameters for square, hexagonal, octagonal, and circular spiral inductors and their configuration optimization for energy efficiency. ABSIF is a good tool for spiral inductor design optimization in high frequency applications and takes into account the imposed technological limits and/or the designers’ constraints. A set of spiral inductors are considered and analysed for high frequency values using ABSIF, and the results are presented in the paper. The validation of ABSIF was completed by comparing the results with those obtained using a similar commercial software, Sonnet LiteTM, which is dedicated to high frequency electromagnetic analysis.

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High frequency analysis of monolayer spiral inductors

2017 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM) & 2017 Intl Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (ACEMP) ◽

10.1109/optim.2017.7974957 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Adina Racasan ◽

Claudia Pacurar ◽

Calin Munteanu ◽

Claudia Constantinescu ◽

Sergiu Andreica ◽

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Keyword(s):

Frequency Analysis ◽

High Frequency ◽

Spiral Inductors

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High frequency analysis of fast devices using small-signal Monte Carlo simulations : application to a 0.1 μm-gate MODFET

Journal de Physique III ◽

10.1051/jp3:1993231 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 3 (9) ◽

pp. 1713-1718 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

P. Dollfus ◽

S. Galdin ◽

C. Brisset ◽

P. Hesto

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Frequency Analysis ◽

High Frequency ◽

Small Signal

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Measurement of Electrical Properties of Superconducting YBCO Thin Films in the VHF Range

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14123360 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (12) ◽

pp. 3360

Author(s):

Yakir Dahan ◽

Eldad Holdengreber ◽

Elichai Glassner ◽

Oz Sorkin ◽

Shmuel E. Schacham ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Theoretical Model ◽

Quality Factor ◽

High Frequency ◽

Unit Length ◽

Superconducting Thin Films ◽

Electrical Parameters ◽

Very High Frequency ◽

Production Constraints ◽

Very High

A new measurement technique of electrical parameters of superconducting thin films at the Very High Frequency (VHF) range is described, based on resonators with microstrip (MS) structures. The design of an optimal resonator was achieved, based on a thorough theoretical analysis, which is required for derivation of the exact configuration of the MS. A theoretical model is presented, from which an expression for the attenuation of a MS line can be derived. Accordingly, simulations were performed, and an optimal resonator for the VHF range was designed and implemented. Production constraints of YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) limited the diameter of the sapphire substrate to 3″. Therefore, a meander configuration was formed to fit the long λ/4 MS line on the wafer. By measuring the complex input reflection coefficients of a λ/4 resonator, we extracted the quality factor, which is mainly affected by the dielectric and conductor attenuations. The experimental results are well fitted by the theoretical model. The dielectric attenuation was calculated using the quasi-static analysis of the MS line. An identical copper resonator was produced and measured to compare the properties of the YBCO resonator in reference to the copper one. A quality factor of ~6·105 was calculated for the YBCO resonator, three orders of magnitude larger than that of the copper resonator. The attenuation per unit length of the YBCO layer was smaller by more than five orders of magnitude than that of the copper.

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