Reducing inductive effects in radio frequency integrated circuits.
- Resource Type
- Theses
- Authors
- Poon, Andrew
- Source
- Dissertation Abstracts International; Dissertation Abstract International; 69-10B.
- Subject
- Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
- Language
- English
Summary: This work investigates techniques to reduce these unwanted inductive effects in an IC environment. A new inductor structure, the quadrupole inductor, results in less crosstalk and is used in a VCO to demonstrate improved isolation from neighboring interferers. Also, a slotted ground shields are used in conjunction with coplanar waveguides (CPWs) to create low-loss interconnect. Results from this research show that the quadrupole inductor can reduce crosstalk by 30 dB and CPWs with slotted ground shields exhibit a low loss of -0.42 dB/mm at 45 GHz.