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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Ewen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Saila Ponnapalli, Fishkill, NY (US);
Mehmet Soyuer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257531 ; 257508 ; 257758 ; 257774 ; 257776 ; 336 12 ; 336 65 ; 336107 ; 336138 ; 336173 ; 336186 ; 336223 ; 336225 ;
Abstract
A monolithic high-Q inductor structure is formed with multiple metalization levels in a conventional integrated circuit technology in which inductor turns utilize these multiple levels to reduce the inductor resistance. Inductors with Q values above five can be integrated with this approach at radio and microwave frequencies.