Loss Compensation in RF CMOS Active Inductor Using a Capacitor

Jyh-Neng YANG
Ming-Juei WU
Chen-Yi LEE

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E87-C    No.12    pp.2198-2201
Publication Date: 2004/12/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Microwaves, Millimeter-Waves
Keyword: 
active inductor,  negative conductance,  Q-value,  inductance,  

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Summary: 
Loss compensation in a RF CMOS active inductor with using a capacitor is proposed. This simple compensation technique yields a negative conductance characteristic that can compensate for the constant internal loss of active devices. Simulation results show that the inductor obtains a maximum Q-value of 1.2E8, an inductance value in the range of 50 nH to 450 nH, and a 1.4E-6 Ω of minimum total equivalent loss in the range of 0.6 GHz to 1.3 GHz.