
13-28
REFERENCE
DATA
FOR ENGINEERS
where,
KR
=
dc resistance per strand turn of wire,
N
=
number of turns of wire,
n
=
number of wire strands,
SEF
=
skin-effect factor.
The proximity-effect loss-tangent formula is
tan
6,,
=
KEfNnd4
(PEF)IA,
where,
KE
=
a constant that is geometry dependent,
f
=
frequency of operation in hertz,
N
=
number of winding turns,
n
=
number of strands of wire,
d
=
bare diameter of an individual strand of
PEF
=
proximity-effect factor, which is frequency
wire in millimeters,
dependent,
A,
=
inductance factor in nHIN2
The value of
KE
depends on the winding configuration
and core type and must be determined experimentally;
it varies slowly with frequency. Snelling gives typical
values of
KE
as well as means for obtaining PEF.*
Combining these effects:
Q
=
li(tan
6,e
+
tan
6,
+
tan
6,
+
tan
ape)
For details see reference 21.
Inductor
Q
values as high as 1000 are obtainable with
proper design and at frequencies in the range around
100 kHz. Modern designs use cores with a high
AL
value and low mean length of turn to achieve high
Q;
unfortunately, this choice leads to higher effective
permeability, which adversely affects stability of induc-
tance.
Stability Considerations-Temperature stability
of inductance may be critical for a precision adjustable
inductor. The inductor is part of a tuned
LC
circuit in
which the temperature coefficient (TC) of the inductor
may be compensated by that of the capacitor to give a
net TC near zero. The TC of an inductor is roughly
proportional to the effective permeability of its core.
Core temperature factors as low and tight as 0.7
f
0.3
ppm/OC near room temperature are available. With an
effective permeability of 100 for its core, an inductor
would have a TC
of
70
k
30 ppm/”C. Ferrite cores
exhibit magnetostrictive effects,
so
care must be taken
to avoid stress on the core halves when bonding or
clamping them together. A properly designed adjuster
assembly is also critical for good temperature stability.
A slow decrease
of
inductance value with time,
calling aging, is characteristic of ferrite-cored induc-
tors. Described in terms of a disaccommodation factor,
this aging usually manifests itself as a linear decrease in
inductance per decade of time,
on
a semilog plot.
Manufacturers usually measure disaccommodation fac-
tor between 10 and 100 minutes, but an extrapolation to
years of life is risky, since the longer-term slope may
increase above that measured over a few hours. Inductor
aging of less than
0.5%
over a 20-year life is achievable.
Inductance variation is usually obtained by the use of
a threaded ferrite adjustment mechanism in the center
hole of the core. As the ferrite slug bridges the air gap in
the center leg of the core (Fig. 24),
pc
is
increased, and
hence inductance increases. In many applications, an
adjustment range of greater than
i
8%,
with a sensitivi-
ty of
0.
I%,
is possible. Most ferrite inductor cores have
preadjusted air gaps that result in an
AL
tolerance
of
+3%;
thus guaranteed inductor adjustment ranges of
about t2% are practical, even with a small number of
turns.
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