A new scalable model for spiral inductors on lossy silicon substrate

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1007-1010

  Melendy, Daniel ^a   Weisshaar, Andreas ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EDDY CURRENTS; INDUCTANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SILICON;

SPIRAL INDUCTORS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 0042092336     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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