{"id":383399,"date":"2024-09-21T11:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/on-chip-inductor-design\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T11:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:38:35","slug":"on-chip-inductor-design","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/on-chip-inductor-design\/","title":{"rendered":"On-chip inductor design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone,&lt;br&gt;This is my first on-chip inductor design in HFSS software using the CMOS process. My layers&#8217; stack order is as follows (from bottom to top) :&lt;br&gt;Substrate &gt; Contact 0 &gt; Poly &gt; Contact 1 &gt; Metal 1&gt; Via 1 &gt; &#8230;.. &gt;Metal 8&gt; Via 8&gt; Metal 9.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My inductor is on the M9 layer and I want to have ground on the M1 layer.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, I have a problem with the ground shield setup.&lt;br&gt;1) How can I connect my ground shield to the ground?&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;2) Should all guard ring layers (as shown in picture, M1-M9) connect to the ground?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3) Should all my layers be in the same shape as the ground ring?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/21-09-2024-1726918479-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-383399","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-hfsslumped_sources-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello everyone,This is my first on-chip inductor design in HFSS software using the CMOS process. 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