Integrated inductors and transformers: Characterization, design and modeling for RF and MM-wave applications

Integrated Inductors and Transformers: Characterization, Design and Modeling for RF and MM-Wave Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-151

  Scuderi, Angelo ^a   Ragonese, Egidio ^a   Biondi, Tonio ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

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