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Planar transformer

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Planar transformers are devices used to exact standards with precise electrical characteristics such as capacitance, output, and aspect ratio.[1] They are used to carry out military and aerospace projects.

Advantages over conventional counterparts

  • Significantly reduced height (low profile)
  • Greater surface area, resulting in improved heat dissipation capability.
  • Greater magnetic cross-section area, enabling fewer turns
  • Smaller winding area
  • Winding structure facilitates interleaving
  • Lower leakage inductance resulting from fewer turns and interleaved windings
  • Less AC winding resistance
  • Excellent reproducibility, enabled by winding structure [2]

References

  1. ^ "Planar Transformers". Standex Meder. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  2. ^ Dixon, Llyod. "Designing Planar Magnetics" (PDF). Texas instruments. Retrieved December 6, 2013.