High Q inductor with faraday shield and dielectric well buried in substrate

Inductor losses to a semiconducting substrate are eliminated in an IC structure by etching a well into the substrate down to the insulating layer coating the substrate and fabricating a grounded Faraday shield in the shape of elongated segments in the bottom of the well. The well lies directly below the inductor and is optionally filled with cured low-k organic dielectric or air.