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Spiral Inductor
Assistant for Sonnet
Spiral Inductor Assistant for
Sonnet is an add-on tool for Sonnet Professional,
Based on a pre-defined
technology template file, the user only needs to define a few parameters
to get a fully functional simulation model of the inductor. The simulation
model can be opened in the Sonnet Professional editor and analyzed with a
few mouse clicks, to obtain key parameters like inductance, Q factor,
series resistance and substrate parasitics. With the appropriate Sonnet
options, a broad band SPICE model can be extracted. A Sonnet
equation file is included to plot typical RFIC inductor parameters in the
Sonnet data display.
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Key Features
 | Efficiently generate layouts for various single ended and
differential inductor geometries, ready for EM analysis |
 | Single or multiple parallel layer(s) for spiral and
underpass/overpass |
 | Estimated inductance read-out while geometry
parameters are changed |
 | Read in technology information from existing Sonnet
simulation models |
 | Write a full, complete Sonnet simulation model for
accurate EM verification of the inductor, ready for immediate analysis |
 | Full wave EM analysis in Sonnet Professional provides
accurate, calibrated S-parameters (Sonnet Professional license
required) |
 | Plot L, Q, series resistance, substrate resistance
and capacitance from the Sonnet results (Sonnet license required) |
 | Extract a broad band SPICE model for Spectre and
other time domain simulators for the inductor (Sonnet license required) |
 | Available for Windows and Linux
platforms |
Related
Documents
Spiral Inductor Assistant for
Sonnet Quickstart Guide [Click
here]
Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet Product Information
[Click here]
Spiral Inductor
Assistant Pro
To request a quote, or for a
time limited evaluation copy,
please contact us by email: info@muehlhaus.com
New in version 1.2 (April
2009):
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More accurate inductance
calculation for 4-sided inductors with small center diameters |
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Added second method of
inductance estimation [1], readout now shows both values |
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Added inductance estimation
for differential inductors |
[1] Inductor estimate uses
"current sheet" and "modified Wheeler" equations from:
S. S. Mohan, et al., “Simple Accurate Expressions for Planar Spiral
Inductances”, IEEE JSSC, vol. 34, pp. 1419-1424, Oct. 1999.
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