Ferrite-integrated on-chip inductors for RF ICs

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 652-655

  Yang, Chen ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Ren, Tian Ling ^a   Liu, Li Tian ^a   Chen, Guang ^b   Guan, Xiao Kang ^b   Wang, Albert ^b   Feng, Hai Gang ^b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrite; Inductors; Radio frequency (RF); Thin film

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED-FERRITE THIN FILMS; QUALITY FACTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY; THIN-FILM INDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FABRICATION; FERRITE DEVICES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; THIN FILMS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 34447275012     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.900299     Document Type: Article

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