RT Journal Article T1 Comprehensive Design Procedure for Racetrack Microinductors A1 Lopez Lopez, Jaime A1 Zumel Vaquero, Pablo A1 O'Driscoll, Seamus A1 Pavlovic, Zoran A1 Murphy, Ruaidhri A1 O`Mathuna, Cian A1 Fernández Herrero, Cristina AB Present needs in efficiency and integration drive research toward the miniaturization of power converters. Among the latest components to achieve the desired degree of integration are cored micro-inductors that are still one of the hardest devices to optimize, due to the high number of freedom degrees in their fabrication. In this article, a comprehensive design procedure for these micro-inductors is presented. The proposed method makes it possible to design the optimal device in a single iteration. It also allows the designer to easily ascertain the limits of the inductor in terms of handled current and losses and provides valuable physical insights into the output of the process. PB Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) SN 2168-6777 YR 2021 FD 2021-12 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/35823 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/35823 LA eng NO This work was supported in part by the Spanish Ministryof Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER funds through the ResearchProject under Grant EPIIoT DPI2017-88062-R, in part by CarrICool EU underGrant FP7-ICT-619488, and in part by the Madrid Government (Comunidadde Madrid-Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M in the lineof Excellence of University Professors under Grant EPUC3M26 and in thecontext of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and TechnologicalInnovation). Recommended for publication by Associate Editor Keiji Wada. DS e-Archivo RD 18 jul. 2024