Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at same station
Patent
1998-09-12
2000-08-08
Bost, Dwayne D.
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at same station
455 41, 455318, 336 87, 336134, 336178, 331361, 331181, 333167, 333174, H04B 138, H04B 500
Patent
active
061013714
ABSTRACT:
An article comprising a micro-machined, passively self-assembling inductor is disclosed. The inductor is fabricated using MEMS technology and advantageously utilizes materials compatible with CMOS such that inductor is monolithically integrable with a CMOS chip. The inductor includes passive self-assembly means by which the inductor loop is moved away from an underlying substrate, typically silicon, in the final steps of inductor assembly. Such passive self-assembly does not require separate actuation or monitoring steps.
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Barber Bradley Paul
Belk Nathan
Bishop David J.
Gammel Peter L.
Bost Dwayne D.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Vuong Quochien B.
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