2010 · 11 citations · 9 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsMicrowave EngineeringSemiconductor DevicesCmos Circuit DesignComplementary Metal-oxide-semiconductor TechnologyIntegrated Circuit DesignMicrowave Integrated CircuitsMicrowave OscillatorsRadio-frequency Integrated CircuitsCmos OscillatorsCmos Radio-frequency CircuitsHigh-frequency IsolationInductorsIsolationLc OscillatorsMillimeter-wave Integrated CircuitsRf Cmos Design
A floating-shield inductor implemented in CMOS process is compared with a conventional patterned ground shield inductor for the implementation of a LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) operating at mmW frequencies. In this work it is shown how the floating-shield inductor achieves higher quality factor and provides a better isolation for substrate-coupled high-frequency interferences.
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