Ultra low-capacitance bond pad for RF applications in CMOS technology

Yuan W. Hsiao*, Ming-Dou Ker

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    A low-capacitance bond pad for gigahertz RF applications is proposed. Three kinds of on-chip inductors embedded under the traditional bond pad are used to compensate bond-pad capacitance. Experimental results have verified that bond-pad capacitance can be significantly reduced in a specific frequency band due to the cancellation effect provided by the embedded inductor in the proposed bond pad. The proposed bond pad is fully compatible to general CMOS processes without any process modification.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2007
    Pages303-306
    Number of pages4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2 Oct 2007
    Event2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2007 - Honolulu, HI, United States
    Duration: 3 Jun 20075 Jun 2007

    Publication series

    NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
    ISSN (Print)1529-2517

    Conference

    Conference2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2007
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityHonolulu, HI
    Period3/06/075/06/07

    Keywords

    • Bond pad
    • Capacitance
    • Radio-frequency integrated circuit (RF IC)
    • Signal loss

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