Integrated receiver and integrated circuit having integrated inductors and method therefor

An integrated circuit comprising:

• a first integrated inductor having a predetermined planar footprint and having first and second terminals, said first integrated inductor formed with windings in a first number of metal layers of the integrated circuit;
• a second integrated inductor occupying substantially said predetermined planar footprint and having first and second terminals, said second integrated inductor formed with windings in a second number of metal layers of the integrated circuit, said second number lower than said first number;
• a first signal processing circuit including said first integrated inductor;
• and
• a second signal processing circuit having substantially the same function as said first signal processing circuit and including said second integrated inductor.

A method comprising:

• selectively processing a radio frequency (RF) input signal in a first signal processing path having a first integrated inductor formed with windings in a first number of metal layers of an integrated wideband receiver;
• selectively processing said RF input signal in a second signal processing path having a second integrated inductor formed with windings formed with windings in a second number of metal layers of said integrated wideband receiver, said second number lower than said first number;
• and
• enabling one of said first and second signal processing paths corresponding to a selected channel of said RF input signal to provide an output signal.