Precessional dynamics of Ni45Fe55 thin films for ultrahigh frequency integrated magnetics
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2010
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Godsell, Jeffrey F.
Kulkarni, Santosh
O'Donnell, Terence
Roy, Saibal
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AIP Publishing
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Future monolithic point of load switched mode power supplies will be expected to meet the energy requirements of miniaturized, high functionality electronic devices. Recently, Ni45Fe55 has emerged as a potentially important material choice for use as a soft magnetic core material within high frequency integrated passive magnetic components. The operating frequency range of the integrated passives which form a key part of the point of load power supply must increase to allow for inductor/transformer miniaturization to become monolithic with power integrated circuits. In this work, an analysis of the high frequency permeability spectra of an electroplated Ni45Fe55 thin film has been carried out to quantitatively analyze the material's high frequency performance. Complex permeability spectra of the film have been investigated at frequencies up to 9 GHz to identify both the film's spectroscopic splitting factor (g) and its effective dimensionless damping parameter (alpha). The Kittel equation is utilized to identify g as 2.128, while alpha is determined to be approximately 0.045. The critically damped condition for the film is also examined to extract alpha in the critically damped case under a range of externally applied bias fields. It is concluded that for monolithic power inductors, improved device performance can be achieved when the ferromagnetic core is in an underdamped state up to a critical frequency.
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Ferromagnetic resonance , Iron alloys , Magnetic thin films , Nickel alloys , Soft magnetic materials
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Godsell, J. F., Kulkarni, S., O’Donnell, T. and Roy, S. (2010) 'Precessional dynamics of Ni45Fe55 thin films for ultrahigh frequency integrated magnetics', Journal of Applied Physics, 107(3), 033907 (8pp). doi: 10.1063/1.3276165
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© 2010, American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Godsell, J. F., Kulkarni, S., O’Donnell, T. and Roy, S. (2010) 'Precessional dynamics of Ni45Fe55 thin films for ultrahigh frequency integrated magnetics', Journal of Applied Physics, 107(3), 033907 (8pp). doi: 10.1063/1.3276165 and may be found at http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3276165