Title :
Toroidal inductors for integrated radio frequency and microwave circuits
Author :
Suryanarayanan, J. ; Liu, W.Y. ; Nath, J. ; Johnson, B.N. ; Mohammadi, S. ; Katehi, L.P.B. ; Steer, M.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
A toroidal inductor has been developed that confines flux and eliminates eddy currents. A printed circuit and micromachined RFIC-compatible implementations of the inductor are presented.
Keywords :
MMIC; UHF integrated circuits; eddy currents; gallium arsenide; inductors; magnetic flux; micromachining; printed circuits; radiofrequency integrated circuits; silicon; GaAs; GaAs substrate; PWB; RFIC-compatible implementations; Si; Si substrate; eddy current reduction; micromachined implementations; printed circuit implementations; printed wiring board; toroidal inductor; Circuits; Conductivity; Eddy currents; Gallium arsenide; Inductance; Inductors; Packaging; Radio frequency; Silicon; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1211042
