Effect of geometry variation of LTCC distributed air-gap filter inductor on light load efficiency of DC-DC converters

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 1884-1890

  Lim, Michele H ^a,b   Van Wyk, J D ^a,b   Liang, Zhenxian ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductor width; Distributed air gap; LTCC; Parallel conductors; Planar integration; Variable inductance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LOADS; INDUCTANCE;

CONDUCTOR WIDTH; DISTRIBUTED AIR-GAPS; PARALLEL CONDUCTORS; PLANAR INTEGRATION; VARIABLE INDUCTANCE;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 34948903865     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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