For the PDF version of this article, click here. Design engineers are under constant pressure to reduce component size while ensuring equal or greater performance. Most engineers would prefer to ...

Packaging has always significantly impacted on microwave IC and amplifier performance. In most cases, the inherent parasitic capacitance and inductance of the package lead frame and wire bonds set a ...

Figure 1 shows the analyzed MV 30mH inductor. It has been rated at the level of 10 A and is based on the nanocrystalline magnetic core. Double pulse test in the laboratory circuit diagram is shown in ...