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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday November 21 2018, @07:09PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday November 21 2018, @07:09PM (#764898)

    I did an interview once where they quizzed me on miniaturization and low-costing of various circuits. We came to the inductor as one of the remaining hard-cases to make small and cheap - there are some printed circuit methods to get limited inductance with multi-layer processes, but if you need a really stout L value (not just inductance-like behavior in a transfer function) you still need a real coil.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 28 2018, @05:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 28 2018, @05:47AM (#767219)

    Same applies to capacitors. You can get small values on die, but nothing huge. Inductors are the same, you can get small values on die, but nothing huge. By huge, I'm talking about useful values for power handling purposes.