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Today, an exhaustive library of models describing the electrical behavior of integrated passive components in the radio-frequency range is essential for the simulation and optimization of complex circuits. In this work, a preliminary study has been done on Tantalum Nitride (TaN) resistors integrated on silicon, and this leads to a single p-type lumped-element circuit. An efficient extraction technique will be presented to provide a computer-driven optimizer with relevant initial model parameter values (the "guess-timate"). The results show the unicity in most cases of the lumped element determination, which leads to a precise simulation of self-resonant frequencies.
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References
BRONSON, R., 1982. Schaum's outline of theory and problems of operations research. New York, McGraw-Hill.
CHEN, D.X., and MUNOZ, J.L., 1997. Theoretical eddy-current permeability spectra of slabs with bar domains. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 33: 2229-2244.
CHOI, K.L., and SWAMINATHAN, M., 1999. Synthesis of equivalent circuits for two-port integral passive components. Conference on High Density Packaging and MCMs.
CIAMPOLINI, P. 1996. Integrated FDTD and solid-state device simulation. IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, 6: 419-421.
GREENHOUSE, H., 1974. Design of planar rectangular microelectronic inductor. IEEE Transactions PHP, 10: 101-109.
HARRINGTON, R.F., 1968. Field computation by moment methods. The Macmillan Co., New York.
ITOH, T., 1989. Numerical techniques for microwave and millimeter-wave passive structure. New York, John Wiley & sons.
JOHNS, P.B., 1987. A symmetrical condensed node for the TLM method. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techniques, 35: 370-377.
KOLDING, T.E., 1999. On-wafer calibration techniques for giga-hertz CMOS measurements. Proceeding IEEE 1999 International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, 12: 105-110.
LONG, J.R., and COPELAND, M.A., 1997. The modeling, characterization, and design of monolithic inductors for silicon RF IC’s. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 32: 357-369.
MORE, J.J., 1977. The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm : implementation and theory. Numerical Analysis, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 630, ed. G.A. Watson, Springer Verlag, 105-116.
NELDER, J.A., and MEAD, R., 1965. A simplex method for function minimization. Computer Journal, 7: 308-313.
YUE, C.P., and WONG, S.S., 2000. Physical modeling of spiral inductors on silicon. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 47: 560-568.
ZHAO, J., FRYE, R.C., DAI, W.W., and TAI, K.L., 1997. S parameter-based experimental modeling of high Q MCM inductor with exponential gradient learning algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and manufacturing Technology - Part B, 20: 202-210.