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Designs and simulations of millimetre wave on-chip single turn inductors for 0.13 μm RF CMOS process technology

dc.contributor.author Hao Wuang Leong
dc.contributor.author Kim Ho Yeap
dc.contributor.author Yee Chyan Tan
dc.date.accessioned 2025-09-22T08:01:15Z
dc.date.available 2025-09-22T08:01:15Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01
dc.description.abstract The upcoming Fifth Generation (5G) network has promoted researches in integrated circuit designs and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Since the 5G technologies operate mainly in the millimetre wave (mm-wave) band, developing electronic components which are compatible with this frequency range is therefore necessary. This paper presents the design of four novel inductors, applied particularly in Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) which operate at 60 GHz to overcome the limitations of the particular Process Design Kit (PDK) in which the provided scalable inductors are characterised at a maximum frequency of 30 GHz. The design is based on Silterra’s 0.13 μm radio frequency complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (RF CMOS) process technology. The inductors use Ultra-Thick Metal (UTM) with a copper thickness of 3.3 μm. A mixture of analytical and parametric analyses is utilised in designing the four spiral inductors which can be implemented in the PDK used by the aforementioned LNA. The inductances and Q-factors across 1 GHz to 150 GHz were plotted and analysed. The results show that the four designs exhibit very good performance at 60 GHz with minimal tolerances. This paper serves as a proof-of-concept for a methodology on custom inductor design and simulations with existing PDK limitations.
dc.identifier.uri https://ijneam.unimap.edu.my/
dc.identifier.uri https://ijneam.unimap.edu.my/images/PDF/IJNEAM%20JAN%202020%20Vol%2013/Vol_13_No_1_2020_19_189-198.pdf
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/14582
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
dc.relation.ispartof International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials (IJNeaM)
dc.relation.issn 1985-5761
dc.subject Inductance
dc.subject Q-Factor
dc.subject RF CMOS
dc.subject Low Noise Amplifiers
dc.subject S-Parameters
dc.title Designs and simulations of millimetre wave on-chip single turn inductors for 0.13 μm RF CMOS process technology
dc.type Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.endPage 198
oaire.citation.issue 1
oaire.citation.startPage 189
oaire.citation.volume 13
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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