Micromachined bridge-shaped spiral inductor on anodised aluminium substrate

Noble micromachined integrated spiral inductors on anodised aluminium substrate are presented. The RF characteristics of the fabricated inductors have been measured. A high peak Q-factor of 82.36 at 4.2 GHz has been achieved with inductance of 2.59 nH (at 2 GHz) and a self-resonant frequency of around 10 GHz. This work demonstrates that an integrated passive device on anodised aluminium substrate has a competitive RF performance compared to that of LTCC technology.