Imodel: A novel tool for high-performance inductor selection

Abstract

A powerful scalable inductor selection tool, called IMODEL has been developed for selecting high-performance inductors. The tool has been employed to generate a complete range of inductors that are integrated on as 0.35 μm SiGe process foundry. The analytical model has been validated to be applicable over a wide range of octagonal inductor geometries fabricated on the SiGe 0.35 μm process. The coils of the integrated inductors that are generated on the SiGe 0.35 μm process foundry by using the IMODEL have been generated for frequencies 0.85, 1.5, 1.8, 2.4, and 5.6 GHz. It is also observed that each set of inductors offers inductance values from 0.5-6.5 nH in 0.5 nH steps. The maximum error on the inductance value for the parametric model has been set to 0.2 nH.