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  • Engineers on a roll toward smaller, more efficient radio frequency transformers

    May 16, 2018 8:00 am by Eric WilsonResearch
    A photomicrograph of three 50-micron diameter rolled transformers developed by professor Xiuling Li’s team. Image courtesy Wen Huang

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    • A photomicrograph of three 50-micron diameter rolled transformers developed by professor Xiuling Li’s team. Image courtesy Wen Huang

    3D rolled-up radio frequency transformers take 10x to 100x less space, perform better when the power transfer ratio increases and have a simpler fabrication process than 2-D transformers