2010-02-15
Frequency Response Comparison of Two Common Active Inductors
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 13, 113-119, 2010
Abstract
The frequency responses of two widely used active inductor topologies are analyzed and compared using a generalized circuit model for the active devices in the circuits. A very wideband active inductor in CMOS was subsequently fabricated and tested and the inductor exhibits a measured self-resonant frequency of 9.7 GHz.
Citation
Carlos E. Saavedra, and You Zheng, "Frequency Response Comparison of Two Common Active Inductors," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 13, 113-119, 2010.
doi:10.2528/PIERL10010609
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