Exchange-coupled IrMn/CoFe mulitlayers for RF-integrated inductors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3930-3932

  Jiang, Ruo Fan ^a   Shams, Nazmun N ^a   Rahman, M Tofizur ^a   Lai, Chih Huang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetic (AF); Exchange coupling; Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR); Frequency response; Radio frequency (RF) inductor

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

AIR-CORE INDUCTORS; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) INDUCTOR; RESONANCE PEAK;

MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS;

EID: 34648837907     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.892868     Document Type: Article

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