Low profile LTCC inductor substrate for multi-MHz integrated POL converter

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1331-1337

  Su, Yipeng ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Mu, Mingkai ^a   Gilham, David ^a   Reusch, David ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCESS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; FULL-LOAD EFFICIENCY; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY; LIGHT-LOAD EFFICIENCY; LOW PROFILE; POINT-OF-LOAD CONVERTERS; POWER DENSITIES; POWER DEVICES; SUBSTRATE DESIGN;

DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; EXHIBITIONS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INTEGRATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 84860152164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2012.6165992     Document Type: Conference Paper

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