Nanotechweb January 15, 2018
An international team of researchers (USA – UC Santa Barbara, Japan, China) has made high-performance inductors from intercalated graphene that work in the 10-50 GHz range due to the mechanism of kinetic inductance rather than magnetic inductance. The new inductors, which have both small form-factors and high inductance values, of around 1-2 nanoHenry are a third smaller in terms of surface area than conventional devices but with the same performance. They might thus be used in ultra-compact wireless communication systems for applications in the IoT, sensing and energy storage/transfer. It also highlights a practical application for graphene beyond circuit interconnects… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
A spiral inductor and its simplified equivalent circuit