This is a thorough survey of the state-of-the-art in Integrated Passive Component Technology. * Describes the processes available for creating integrated passives, measuring their properties, and applying them. * Brings reader up to date in a fast-moving technology. * Enables reader to implement the technology into a manufacturing environment. * Covers existing and potential technologies for various substrate systems such as FR4, ceramic, and HDI. * Describes applications favorable to integrated passives and the economic tradeoffs associated with their implementation.