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A Review on Recently Reported Grounded CMOS Active Inductors

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An active inductor (AI) circuit is a widely used component in tuning circuits, filters, oscillators, etc. These circuits offer various advantages over spiral inductors, namely less chip area consumption, high-quality factor (Q-factor), easy tunability, etc., and are also easier to be integrated with an IC. This paper brings together the various grounded AIs constructed using CMOS technology, most of which have been proposed in the last two decades. A detailed analysis has been presented along with the assessment of the various AI designs, with respect to a number of factors, like inductance value and power consumption. Furthermore, these circuits have been exploited to realize a common application such as a band pass filter, and the resulting behaviour of each design has been noted as well to give a fair comparison among all. The simulations have been carried out in Cadence Virtuoso, using 90 nm CMOS technology. To obtain an unbiased comparison, a common supply voltage of 1.2 V is used for simulating all the circuits.

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UB—She is the lead researcher responsible for conceiving the study and drafting the initial manuscript. She also supervised data collection and analysis. AG—He oversaw the overall research work and mainly contributed in simulations, circuit analysis and discussion sections of the manuscript. DS—She conducted an extensive literature review to provide background information and context for the study. She also reviewed and edited various sections of the manuscript and ensured consistency in writing style. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript and acknowledge their respective roles in contributing to this research project.

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Bansal, U., Garg, A. & Shalini, D. A Review on Recently Reported Grounded CMOS Active Inductors. Wireless Pers Commun 133, 913–949 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-023-10798-2

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