High Q Ni-Zn-Cu Ferrite inductor for on-chip power module

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4773-4776

  Bae, Seok ^a   Hong, Yang Ki ^a   Lee, Jae Jin ^a   Jalli, Jeevan ^a   Abo, Gavin S ^a   Lyle, Andrew ^a   Choi, Byoung C ^b   Donohoe, Gregory W ^c  

^a The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; Integrated inductor; Ni Zn Cu ferrite; On chip power module

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FERRITE; NICKEL SILVER; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SILICA; SILICON WAFERS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

AIR CORE; AIR CORE INDUCTORS; CU-FERRITE; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; ON CHIPS; PLANAR INDUCTOR; Q-FACTORS; SI WAFER;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 70350589476     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2023856     Document Type: Article

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