电子科技大学：《射频集成电路 RF Integrated Circuits》课程教学资源（课件讲稿）第八讲 Passive devices

第八讲 Passive devices 游飞博导/副教授，电子科技大学 feiyou@uestc.edu.cn

第八讲 Passive Devices 游飞 博导/副教授，电子科技大学 feiyou@uestc.edu.cn

7.1 General Considerations Modern RF design needs many inductors. Example:Disadvantages (a)the bandwidth at node X is limited to 1/[(RDllro1)Co], and(b)the voltage headroom trades with the voltage gain,gm1(RDll ro1). Figure 7.1.CS stage with (a)resistive,and (b)inductive loads. (a) (b) CMOS technology scaling tends to improve the former but at the cost of the latter.For little dc voltage drop,the circuit can example,in 65-nm technology with a 1-V comfortably operate with low supply supply,the circuit provides a bandwidth of voltages while providing a reasonable several gigahertz but a voltage gain in the voltage gain (e.g.,10). range of 3 to 4

7.1 General Considerations Modern RF design needs many inductors. Example: Disadvantages ◦ (a) the bandwidth at node X is limited to 1/[(RD‖rO1)CD], ◦ and (b) the voltage headroom trades with the voltage gain, gm1(RD ‖ rO1). CMOS technology scaling tends to improve the former but at the cost of the latter. For example, in 65-nm technology with a 1-V supply, the circuit provides a bandwidth of several gigahertz but a voltage gain in the range of 3 to 4. little dc voltage drop, the circuit can comfortably operate with low supply voltages while providing a reasonable voltage gain (e.g., 10)

7.1 General Considerations In addition to cost penalties,the use of off-chip devices entails other complications Significant coupling Significant parasitics at higher frequencies Figure 7.2.Coupling between bond wires. Chip

7.1 General Considerations In addition to cost penalties, the use of off-chip devices entails other complications ◦ Significant coupling ◦ Significant parasitics at higher frequencies

7.1 General Considerations Identify two undesirable coupling mechanisms if the LO inductor is placed off-chip. Figure 7.3.Hypothetical transceiver using an off-chip inductor. Bond Wire LNA Off-Chip Inductor -1000

7.1 General Considerations Identify two undesirable coupling mechanisms if the LO inductor is placed off-chip

7.1 General Considerations Modeling Issues inductors and some other structures are much more difficult to model. In fact,the required modeling effort proves a high barrier to entry into RF design: one cannot add an inductor to a circuit without an accurate model, and the model heavily depends on the geometry,the layout,and the technology's metal layers (which is the thickest)

7.1 General Considerations Modeling Issues ◦ inductors and some other structures are much more difficult to model. ◦ In fact, the required modeling effort proves a high barrier to entry into RF design: ◦ one cannot add an inductor to a circuit without an accurate model, ◦ and the model heavily depends on the geometry, the layout, and the technology’s metal layers (which is the thickest)

7.2 Inductors Basic structure Owing to the mutual coupling between every two turns,spirals exhibit a higher inductance than a straight line having the same length. To minimize the series resistance and the parasitic capacitance,the spiral is implemented in the top metal layer (which is the thickest). Figure 7.4.Simple spiral inductor. Lom=L1+L2+L3+M12+M13+M23 D

7.2 Inductors Basic structure ◦ Owing to the mutual coupling between every two turns, spirals exhibit a higher inductance than a straight line having the same length. ◦ To minimize the series resistance and the parasitic capacitance, the spiral is implemented in the top metal layer (which is the thickest)

Figure 7.5.Various dimensions of a spiral inductor. A two-dimensional square spiral is fully specified by four quantities (Fig. Dout 7.5):the outer dimension,Dout,the line width,W,the line spacing,S,and the number of turns,N. The inductance primarily depends on the number of turns and the diameter of each turn,but the line width and spacing indirectly affect these two parameters

A two-dimensional square spiral is fully specified by four quantities (Fig. 7.5): the outer dimension, Dout, the line width, W, the line spacing, S, and the number of turns, N. The inductance primarily depends on the number of turns and the diameter of each turn, but the line width and spacing indirectly affect these two parameters

Example 7.3. The line width of a spiral is doubled to reduce its resistance; Dout,S,and N remain constant.How does the inductance change? Dout Dout Wj W2 the doubling of the width inevitably decreases the diameter of the inner turns,thus lowering their inductance,and the larger spacing between the legs reduces their mutual coupling.We note that further increase in W may also lead to fewer turns,reducing the inductance

Example 7.3. The line width of a spiral is doubled to reduce its resistance; Dout, S, and N remain constant. How does the inductance change? the doubling of the width inevitably decreases the diameter of the inner turns, thus lowering their inductance, and the larger spacing between the legs reduces their mutual coupling. We note that further increase in W may also lead to fewer turns, reducing the inductance

Compared with transistors and resistors,inductors typically have much greater dimensions ("foot prints"),resulting in a large chip area and long interconnects traveling from one block to another.It is therefore desirable to minimize the outer dimensions of inductors. Figure 7.7.Effect of(a)reducing the outer dimension and the line width,or(b)reducing the outer dimension and increasing the number of turns. [View full size imagel Dout2 Dout2 (a) (b) the line resistance the mutual coupling rises,degrading the between the sides inductor quality of the innermost turns reduces the inductance

Compared with transistors and resistors, inductors typically have much greater dimensions (“foot prints”), resulting in a large chip area and long interconnects traveling from one block to another. It is therefore desirable to minimize the outer dimensions of inductors. the line resistance rises, degrading the inductor quality the mutual coupling between the sides of the innermost turns reduces the inductance

Figure 7.8.Coupling factor between two straight lines as a function of their normalized spacing. k 0.6 0.5 Line Length =100um 0.4 0.3 0.2 Line Length=20μm 0-0 0.1 123456S W Relevant to typical inductor designs is the plot for a line length of 20 um,suggesting that a diameter of 5 to 6 times W should be chosen for the inner opening to ensure negligible coupling.It is helpful to remember this rule of thumb

Relevant to typical inductor designs is the plot for a line length of 20 µm, suggesting that a diameter of 5 to 6 times W should be chosen for the inner opening to ensure negligible coupling. It is helpful to remember this rule of thumb