Design and fabrication of VHF tapped power inductors using nanogranular magnetic films

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4965-4975

  Qiu, Jizheng ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co Zr O; flexible printed circuit layout; soft thin film nanogranular magnetic materials; thin film inductors; VHF power inductors

Indexed keywords

CO-ZR-O; COUPLED INDUCTOR; DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT; HIGH FLUX DENSITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH RESISTIVITY; HIGH-FIELD; LARGE-SIGNALS; LOW COSTS; NANO-GRANULAR MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOGRANULAR MAGNETIC FILMS; NANOGRANULARS; SOFT MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TAPPED-INDUCTOR; WINDING LOSS;

ELECTRIC WINDINGS; FABRICATION; FILM PREPARATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MULTILAYERS; POLYIMIDES; POWER INDUCTORS; ZIRCONIUM;

COBALT;

EID: 84864135395     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2193143     Document Type: Article

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