High-performance inductors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 654-664

  Bahl, Inder J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b M/A COM   (United States)

Author keywords

High current inductors; Improved Q; Monolithic inductors; Multilayer inductors; Spiral inductors

Indexed keywords

SPIRAL INDUCTORS;

FABRICATION; INDUCTANCE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTILAYERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 0035303634     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.915439     Document Type: Article

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