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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
Siqi Fan, San Diego, CA (US);
Hongming an, San Diego, CA (US);
Siqi Fan, San Diego, CA (US);
Hongming An, San Diego, CA (US);
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) inductor structure is provided with transverse electrical interfaces. The inductor structure is formed on at least one IC circuit layer and has a first axis planar to a circuit layer surface, bisecting the inductor into opposite first and second sides. An input interface is formed on the circuit layer and connected to the inductor first side, parallel to a second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis. An output interface is formed on the circuit layer and connected to the inductor second side, parallel to the second axis. In one aspect, the inductor has a center tap electrical interface parallel to the axis. In another aspect, the inductor includes a three-dimensional (3D) loop formed over a plurality of the circuit layers.