Alternating impedance increases rapidly at high frequencies because of
the skin effect, and the coil's quality factor will be disadvantageou
sly affected. In this paper, we propose that the quality factor can be
improved by plating a magnetic thin film of nickel-iron alloy on the
surface of copper wires. The improvement extent of the quality factor
is found to be greatly affected by the composition and thickness of th
is thin magnetic layer. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights rese
rved.