High-quality integrated inductors based on multilayered meta-conductors

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 345-347

  Iramnaaz, I ^a   Schellevis, Hugo ^b   Rejaei, Behzad ^c   Fitch, Robert ^d   Zhuang, Yan ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR); inductor; magnetic thin film; quality factor; radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

ANTI-RESONANCE; COPPER-BASED; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FERROMAGNETIC FILMS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH QUALITY; INDUCTOR; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; MULTI-LAYERED; QUALITY FACTORS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPIRAL INDUCTOR;

COPPER; CRITICAL CURRENTS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MULTILAYERS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 84863783518     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2012.2201710     Document Type: Article

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