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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Robert L. Pitts, Dallas, TX (US);
Greg C. Baldwin, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert L. Pitts, Dallas, TX (US);
Greg C. Baldwin, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Integrated circuit inductors () are formed by interconnecting various metal layers () in an integrated circuit with continuous vias (). Using continuous vias () improves the Q factor over existing methods for high frequency applications. The contiguous length of the continuous vias should be greater than three percent of the length of the inductor ().