Modeling of metal and substrate losses in CMOS and bicmos inductors for RFICs

Microwave Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Arcioni, Paolo ^a,b   Castello, Rinaldo ^a,b   Perregrini, Luca ^a,b   Sacchi, Enrico ^a,b   Svelto, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

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EID: 33745774357     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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