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IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters
Volume 9 Number 12, December 1999

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Frequency-Dependent Series Resistance of Monolithic Spiral Inductors

Min Park, Member, IEEE, Chung-Hwan Kim, Cheon Soo Kim, Member, IEEE, Mun-Yang Park, Sung-Do Kim, Young-Sik Youn, Member, IEEE, and Hyun Kyu Yu, Member, IEEE

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Abstract:

We present the analysis of the frequency dependent inductor series resistance (Rs). The high-frequency effects on series resistance have been confirmed with measured and simulated data of inductors having different geometric and process parameters in order to predict and optimize the high-performance inductors used in radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (IC's). The results show that the magnetic field effect seems to be a dominant factor in determining the Rs in high-frequency region.

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