Electrical characteristics and behavioral model of spiral inductors on GaAs substrate

Abstract

Extensive experimental results for various square spiral inductors on GaAs substrate are presented in this paper. Through detailed studies of the inductances extracted from the de-embedded on-chip measured S-parameters, the relationships between the electrical characteristics and the geometrical parameters of the spiral inductors are revealed. Based on the curve fitting technique, a behavioral model for spiral inductors is obtained and presented. Thus, the inductances of spiral inductors with an acceptable accuracy up to their first resonance frequencies are obtained.