Bidirectional ferromagnetic spiral inductors using single deposition

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3544-3549

  Viala, B ^a   Couderc, S ^a   Royet, A S ^a   Ancey, P ^b   Bouche, G ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

FMR; High magnetization; Inductance

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; LAMINATES; MAGNETIZATION;

AIR-CORE VALUE; CONVENTIONAL SPIRALS; HIGH MAGNETIZATION; LAMINATED FILMS; NONMAGNETIC EXCESS LOSSES;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 27744471607     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854727     Document Type: Article

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