Size and performance tradeoffs in micro-inductors for high frequency DC-DC conversion

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4234-4237

  Meere, Ronan ^a   O'Donnell, T ^a   Wang, N ^a   Achotte, N ^a   Kulkarni, S ^a   O'Mathuna, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Density; Design tradeoffs; Enhancement; High frequency; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN TRADEOFF; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INDUCTANCE DENSITIES; INDUCTORS ON SILICON; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINTS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 70350606897     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2024544     Document Type: Article

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