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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sissy Kyriazidou, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Harry Contopanagos, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Reza Rofougaran, Marina Del Ray, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corp., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A high Q on-chip inductor includes a primary winding and an auxiliary winding that is coupled to receive a proportionally opposite representation of an input of the primary winding. Further, the auxiliary winding has an admittance that is greater than the admittance of the primary winding thereby yielding an asymmetry in the admittances. As such, a push/pull mechanism is obtained in a 2-port system (e.g., 1 and 2 nodes of the primary winding) that produces a large Q factor for an on-chip inductor.