EDN

RF-inductor modeling for the 21st century

Of the three basic passive components—resistors, capacitors, and inductors—inductors are the least ideal and, therefore, the most difficult to model. The importance of a good model is that it not only ...
EDN

Spiral inductor modeling for RF ICs

Simulation and modeling of radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) inductors is a difficult task, where several common problems and pitfalls are possible. There are critical issues that must be ...
Electronic Design

Dostal's Designs: One-Inductor Supply

This video/article is part of Dostal's Design series in Ideas for Design and the TechXchange: Power Supp ly Design. You can also post a question. Members can download ...
Electronic Design

Inductor's Equivalent Circuit Yields True Picture of Losses

Inductors range from RF coils used in communications through switchmode inductors used in power supplies and differential and common mode inductors in EMI filters. As switchmode power supply designs ...
Design-Reuse

Inductorless versus Inductor-Based Integrated Switching Regulators: Bill Of Material, Efficiency, Noise, and Reliability Comparisons

Mathieu Renaud, Senior Power Management Designer, Intégration Dolphin Inc. Yves Gagnon, Executive Director, Intégration Dolphin Inc. Inductor-based Switching Regulators (SR) have historically ...