Integrating magnetics for on-chip power: Challenges and opportunities

Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 291-298

  Sullivan, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORE; EFFICIENT POWER; GRANULAR COMPOSITES; HIGH-POWER; ON CHIPS; ONCHIP INDUCTORS; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; STATE OF THE ART;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 74049092716     PISSN: 08865930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CICC.2009.5280823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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