Foil winding resistance and power loss in individual layers of inductors

International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Kazimierczuk, Marian ^a   Wojda, Rafal ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; individual layer winding resistance; inductors; optimal foil thickness; proximity effect; skin effect; winding power loss

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; SKIN EFFECT; WINDING;

APPROXIMATED EQUATIONS; FOIL THICKNESS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OPTIMAL LAYER THICKNESS; POWER-LOSSES; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; WINDING RESISTANCES;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 80053482573     PISSN: 20818491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10177-010-0031-2     Document Type: Article

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