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An Efficient Numerical Model for Planar Spiral Inductor On-Chip

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In this paper, a very useful numerical technique has been developed for analyzing the transient characteristics of a planar-spiral inductor on-chip. A locally conformal technique and an alternating-direction implicit scheme are applied to the finite-difference time-domain method. A formulation for solving three dimensional Maxwell’s equations is proposed. Using the proposed method, various parameters of the planar-spiral inductors have been analyzed and an equivalent circuit, which includes frequency-independent circuit elements, has been introduced. Highly computational efficiency is implemented. Numerical results show excellent agreement with the measured data over a wide frequency range.

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  1. Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin, 300222, China

    Hong-Xing Zheng

  2. College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Hong-Xing Zheng & Dao-Yin Yu

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Zheng, HX., Yu, DY. An Efficient Numerical Model for Planar Spiral Inductor On-Chip. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 26, 1343–1353 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-005-7608-3

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