Article: Silicon MMIC inductor modeling for high volume, low cost applications. (Technical Feature)

Introduction

Silicon device technology has become an attractive, low cost solution to many high frequency personal communications products.(1) Many of the earlier frequency limitations of this technology have been overcome and as improvements continue, silicon devices will be used in more RF and microwave applications. Typical applications include low noise amplifiers (LNA), mixers, RF switches, power amplifiers and voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO). These products require pushing the performance limits of the device technology in order to satisfy the application demands of the high frequency analog designer.(2) With some exceptions, devices that have been ...

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