On-chip Out-of-Plane High-Q Inductors

Proceedings IEEE Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 364-373

  Van Schuylenbergh, Koenraad ^a   Chua, Christopher L ^a   Fork, David K ^a   Lu, Jeng Ping ^a   Griffiths, Bernie ^b  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Mixed Signal Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WINDING;

PHASE NOISE;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 0242302484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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