Multi-port inductors and transformers for accurately predicting voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) frequency

    公开(公告)号:US10715153B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16517103

    申请日:2019-07-19

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to automatically generating a data structure representation of an on-chip inductive-capacitive (LC) tank circuit by determining parasitic inductances in each of the segments of conductive paths that connect a main inductor to one or more selectable VCO components such as capacitors and varactors, for example. In an illustrative example, one or more of the selectable VCO components may be arranged, when selected, to form a parallel resonant LC tank with the main inductor. A method may include defining nodes ai terminating each of the segments along the conductive paths between the main inductor terminals and a drive circuit. By modelling the paths as multi-port inductors and transformers, resonant frequency of the VCO may be more accurately predicted by simulation.

    CAPACITOR STRUCTURE IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    2.
    发明申请
    CAPACITOR STRUCTURE IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT 有权
    集成电路中的电容结构

    公开(公告)号:US20160049393A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-18

    申请号:US14460292

    申请日:2014-08-14

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    Abstract: In an example, a capacitor in an integrated circuit (IC), includes: a first finger capacitor formed in at least one layer of the IC having a first bus and a second bus; a second finger capacitor formed in the at least one layer of the IC having a first bus and a second bus, where a longitudinal edge of the second bus of the second finger capacitor is adjacent a longitudinal edge of the first bus of the first finger capacitor and separated by a dielectric gap; and a first metal segment formed on a first layer above the at least one layer, the first metal segment being electrically coupled to the first bus of the first finger capacitor and increasing a width and a height of the first bus of the first finger capacitor.

    Abstract translation: 在一个示例中,集成电路(IC)中的电容器包括:形成在具有第一总线和第二总线的IC的至少一个层中的第一指状电容器; 形成在具有第一总线和第二总线的IC的至少一层中的第二手指电容器,其中第二指状电容器的第二总线的纵向边缘与第一指状电容器的第一总线的纵向边缘相邻 并由电介质间隙隔开; 以及形成在所述至少一层上方的第一层上的第一金属段,所述第一金属段电耦合到所述第一指状电容器的第一总线,并增加所述第一指状电容器的第一总线的宽度和高度。

    Inductor design in active 3D stacking technology

    公开(公告)号:US11043470B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16694476

    申请日:2019-11-25

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    Abstract: Examples described herein provide for an isolation design for an inductor of a stacked integrated circuit device. An example is a multi-chip device comprising a chip stack comprising: a plurality of chips, neighboring pairs of the plurality of chips being bonded together, each chip comprising a semiconductor substrate, and a front side dielectric layer on a front side of the semiconductor substrate; an inductor disposed in a backside dielectric layer of a first chip of the plurality of chips, the backside dielectric layer being on a backside of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip opposite from the front side of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip; and an isolation wall extending from the backside dielectric layer of the first chip to the front side dielectric layer, the isolation wall comprising a through substrate via of the first chip, the isolation wall being disposed around the inductor.

    INDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH PRE-DEFINED CURRENT RETURN
    5.
    发明申请
    INDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH PRE-DEFINED CURRENT RETURN 有权
    具有预定义电流返回的电感结构

    公开(公告)号:US20140117494A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-01

    申请号:US13661195

    申请日:2012-10-26

    Applicant: XILINX, INC.

    Abstract: An inductor structure implemented within a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a coil of conductive material including at least one turn and a current return encompassing the coil. The current return is formed of a plurality of interconnected metal layers of the semiconductor integrated circuit.

    Abstract translation: 在半导体集成电路内实现的电感器结构包括包括至少一个匝的导电材料的线圈和包围线圈的电流返回。 电流返回由半导体集成电路的多个互连的金属层形成。

    Systems and methods for providing capacitor structures in an integrated circuit

    公开(公告)号:US10332885B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15987722

    申请日:2018-05-23

    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.

    Inventor: Jing Jing

    Abstract: A capacitor includes a cell array including a plurality of cells and a fine tuning cell electrically coupled to the cell array by a first bus and a second bus. Each cell of the cell array includes a first number of fingers electrically coupled to the first and second bus, and a second number of fingers electrically coupled to the first and second bus. The fine tuning cell includes a third number of fingers electrically coupled to the first and second bus, and a fourth number of fingers electrically coupled to the first and second bus. The directional alignment of the first and second number of fingers is generally perpendicular, the directional alignment of the third and fourth number of fingers is generally perpendicular, and the second number of fingers is different than the fourth number of fingers.

    SUBSTRATE NOISE ISOLATION STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20180083096A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-22

    申请号:US15272292

    申请日:2016-09-21

    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01L29/0623 H01L21/761 H01L21/823481

    Abstract: An example a semiconductor device includes a first circuit and a second circuit formed in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a first guard structure formed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed between the first circuit and the second circuit, the first guard structure including first discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions disposed along a first axis. The semiconductor device further includes a second guard structure formed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed between the first circuit and the second circuit, the second guard structure including second discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions disposed along the first axis, the second discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions being staggered with respect to the first discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions.

    Capacitor structure in an integrated circuit
    9.
    发明授权
    Capacitor structure in an integrated circuit 有权
    集成电路中的电容结构

    公开(公告)号:US09524964B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-20

    申请号:US14460292

    申请日:2014-08-14

    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.

    Abstract: In an example, a capacitor in an integrated circuit (IC), includes: a first finger capacitor formed in at least one layer of the IC having a first bus and a second bus; a second finger capacitor formed in the at least one layer of the IC having a first bus and a second bus, where a longitudinal edge of the second bus of the second finger capacitor is adjacent a longitudinal edge of the first bus of the first finger capacitor and separated by a dielectric gap; and a first metal segment formed on a first layer above the at least one layer, the first metal segment being electrically coupled to the first bus of the first finger capacitor and increasing a width and a height of the first bus of the first finger capacitor.

    Abstract translation: 在一个示例中,集成电路(IC)中的电容器包括:形成在具有第一总线和第二总线的IC的至少一个层中的第一指状电容器; 形成在具有第一总线和第二总线的IC的至少一层中的第二手指电容器,其中第二指状电容器的第二总线的纵向边缘与第一指状电容器的第一总线的纵向边缘相邻 并由电介质间隙隔开; 以及形成在所述至少一层上方的第一层上的第一金属段,所述第一金属段电耦合到所述第一指状电容器的第一总线,并增加所述第一指状电容器的第一总线的宽度和高度。

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