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technology, which uses insulated nano-composite magnetic materials as the filling material to reduce the size of the on-chip inductors, enhances inductance by up to 80%, resulting in at least 50% shrinkage in the on-chip inductor. It also has the potential to extend the operational frequency range from the GHz range to the 10-GHz range, Lin said.

He expects these advancements to be applied to the chip manufacturing process in 3-5 years.

The UC Berkeley research has been sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corp., the university research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies in Research Triangle Park, N.C.