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High-quality integrated inductors based on multilayered meta-conductors
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
  • I. Iramnaaz, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Hugo Schellevis
  • Behzad Rejaei
  • Robert Fitch
  • Yan Zhuang, Wright State University - Main Campus
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-21-2012
Abstract

We demonstrate high-quality integrated inductors built from a multilayer of alternating copper and ferromagnetic films. The multilayer acts as a meta-conductor whose effective permeability becomes nearly zero at its ferromagnetic anti-resonance frequency. This leads to a suppression of the skin effect and a significant increase in the quality factor of the device. Experiments show an up to 86% increase in quality factor compared to conventional copper-based spiral inductors at high frequencies. © 2012 IEEE.

DOI
10.1109/LMWC.2012.2201710
Citation Information
I. Iramnaaz, Hugo Schellevis, Behzad Rejaei, Robert Fitch, et al.. "High-quality integrated inductors based on multilayered meta-conductors" IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters Vol. 22 Iss. 7 (2012) p. 345 - 347 ISSN: 15311309
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