Approximate analytical modeling of current crowding effects in multi-turn spiral inductors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 405-408

  Kuhn, William B ^a   Ibrahim, Noureddin M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT CROWDING EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICON ON SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 0033708953     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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