Materials Science Forum, Vol.455-456, 116-119, 2004
Spiral inductors on silicon for wireless communications
This paper presents the design and fabrication of integrated micromachined inductors on silicon substrates. In order to reduce eddy currents in silicon substrates, bulk-micromachining technology is used to etch the silicon wafer. In this way, aluminum spiral micromachined inductors can achieve a quality factor Q of approximately 30 (0.6-2 nH @ 2-15 GHz). Also, the resistivity of the inductors material is discussed.