Fabrication and characterization of a concentric cylindrical microtransformer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2501-2503

  Jackman, Rebecca J ^b   Rogers, John A ^b   Whitesides, George M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Magnetic materials devices; Transformer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROPLATING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PRINTING;

CONCENTRIC CYLINDRICAL MICROTRANSFORMER; MICROCONTACT PRINTING;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 0031191827     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.595907     Document Type: Article

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