A novel silicon-embedded coreless inductor for high-frequency power management applications

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-62

  Wu, Rongxiang ^a   Sin, Johnny K O ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

DCDC power conversion; monolithic inductors; power integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM LAYERS; CHIP AREAS; CONTROL CIRCUITS; CORELESS; DC RESISTANCE; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER; MONOLITHIC INDUCTORS; ON-CHIP APPLICATIONS; POST-CMOS; POWER CONVERSION; POWER SUPPLY; QUALITY FACTORS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; THROUGH-VIAS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FABRICATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 78650918996     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2082489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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