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The continuous development of telecommunication requires permanent enhancement of electronic component performances. Among them, common mode filters play a key role to cancel perturbations and thus noise in electrical transmissions. For telephony purposes, these filters must exhibit optimized properties up to high frequency ranges (GHz). These properties depend strongly on the constitutive inductors, and therefore can be significantly enhanced by the addition of a soft magnetic layer, providing that the magnetic material chosen is insulating with a high magnetic permeability and a ferromagnetic resonance frequency above the GHz.In the framework of the project “Investissement d’Avenir TOURS 2015” initiated by STMicroelectronics, we prepared composite materials loaded with FeCo nanoparticles (NPs). We developed a new chemical synthesis of FeCo NPs based on the decomposition of organometallic precursors ([Fe(N(Si(CH3)3)2)2]2 and Co(N(Si(CH3)3)2)2,THF). NP’s size (1 to 80 nm), shape (sphere, cube, and octahedron) and composition (50< Fe %< 70) can be tuned by adjusting the reaction conditions. Without requiring any annealing treatment, these FeCo NPs are highly crystalline in the body centered cubic structure and exhibit magnetic properties close to the bulk ones. A careful study, combining EELS, Mössbauer spectoscopy, zero field 59Co NMR and XRD with anomalous dispersion effect, evidenced the stabilization of the chemically ordered FeCo B2 structure under specific reaction conditions. This is the first time that such ordered structure is reported in chemically synthesized nanoparticles.In order to significantly enhance the inductors properties, a sandwich structure has been designed where the inductors are integrated on a mesoporous silicium substrate filled with FeCo NPs while an epoxy resin/FeCo Nps composite materials is deposited on top. In this aim, two FeCo nanoparticles based composite materials has been developed: - mesoporous silicium substrate exhibiting a loading of 10.1 gFeCo.m-2 were obtained through colloidal solution impregnation. The nanoparticles filled the 25-30 nm pores all along their 18 μm depth. - epoxy resin filled with nanoparticles (30% in mass) were prepared. SEM and TEM analysis confirmed that the nanoparticles are well dispersed in the polymer. After integration onto planar inductors, an increase of 17 % of the inductance value has been observed.During this project, exotic shape NPs such as FeCo octapods could be obtained. Their 3D structure, characterized by electron tomography leads to exotic magnetic configurations which were studied by electron holography.; Le développement rapide des télécommunications soulève de nombreux challenges pour l’amélioration des performances des composants électroniques. Parmi eux, les filtres à mode commun sont particulièrement importants pour la téléphonie. Ils permettent d’éliminer le bruit parasite des signaux électriques et doivent présenter des propriétés optimisées jusqu’aux hautes fréquences (GHz). Ces propriétés dépendent des inductances qui les composent et peuvent donc être significativement augmentées par l’addition d’une couche magnétique douce. Le matériau choisit doit être isolant, posséder une forte perméabilité magnétique et une fréquence de résonnance ferromagnétique la plus élevée possible. Dans le cadre du projet d’Investissement d’Avenir TOURS 2015 porté par STMicroelectronics, nous avons développé des matériaux composites à base de nanoparticules (NPs) de FeCo. Nous avons développé une synthèse basée sur la co-décomposition d’amidures de Fe et de Co [Fe(N(Si(CH3)3)2)2]2 et de Co(N(Si(CH3)3)2)2,THF). L’ajustement des paramètres de synthèse permet le contrôle de la taille (1 à 80 nm), de la forme (sphères, cubes, octaèdres) et de la composition (50< Fe %