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Toroids:PowderedIron

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EEsof EDA
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Usethetablebelowtocalculateinductanceandnumberofturnsperthe
followingformulas.

The Premier RF &

Measurement Design
Platform

Where: L=inductanceinH
AL =Hper100turns
N=numberoffullturns

AL Values

MixType

Size

26

15

10

12

17

T12

n/a

60

50

48

20

18

17

12

7.5

7.5

3.0

T16

145

61

55

44

22

n/a

19

13

8.0

8.0

3.0

T20

180

76

55

52

27

24

22

16

10

10

3.5

T25

235

100

85

70

34

29

27

19

12

12

4.5

T30

325

140

93

85

43

37

36

25

16

16

6.0

T37

275

120

90

80

40

32

30

25

15

15

4.9

T44

360

180

160

105

52

46

42

33

18.5

18.5

6.5

T50

320

175

135

100

49

43

40

31

18

18

6.4

T68

420

195

180

115

57

52

47

32

21

21

7.5

T80

450

180

170

115

55

50

45

32

22

22

8.5

T94

590

248

200

160

84

n/a

70

58

32

n/a

10.6

T106

900

450

345

325

135

133

116

n/a

n/a

n/a

19

T130

785

3350

250

200

110

103

96

n/a

n/a

n/a

15

T157

870

420

360

320

140

n/a

115

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

T184

1640

720

n/a

500

240

n/a

195

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

T200

895

425

n/a

250

120

105

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mix

Color

Material

IronPowderMagneticCoreProperties
Temp
f
Stability (MHz)
(ppm/
C)

26 Yellow/WhiteHydrogen 75 825
Reduced
3 Gray
Carbonyl 35 370
HP
15 Red/White Carbonyl 25 190
GS6
1 Blue
CarbonylC 20 280
2 Red
7 White
6 Yellow
10 Black

CarbonylE 10 95
Carbonyl 9 30
TH
Carbonyl 8 35
SF
Powdered 6 150
IronW

12 Green/White Synthetic 4 170

Oxide
17 Blue/Yellow Carbonyl 4 50
0 Tan

Phenolic

1 0

DC1 EMIfilters,DCchokes
0.05 Exc.stability,goodQatlowfreq.
0.50
0.10 Exc.stability,goodQ
2
0.50 Exc.stability,goodQatlowfreq.
5
230 HighQ
335 Similartomix2andmix6,exc.tempstability
10
50
30
100

VerygoodQandtemp.stabilityfor2050MHz

50
200
40
180
100
300

GoodQ,moderatetemp.stability

GoodQandstabilityfor40100MHz

Similartomix12,bettertemp.stability,Qdrops
about10%above50MHz,20%above100MHz
Lvariesgreatlywithwindingtechnique

IronPowderMagneticCoreDimensions

Size

Color

O.D.

Uses

Dimensions(in)
I.D.
Height

T2002
T942
T802
T682
T502
T372
T252
T122
T5010
T3710
T2510
T1210
T949
T806
T686
T506
T266
T126

Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Black
Black
Black
Black
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow

2.00
0.94
0.80
0.68
0.50
0.37
0.25
0.125
0.50
0.37
0.25
0.125
0.94
0.80
0.68
0.50
0.25
0.125

1.25
0.56
0.50
0.37
0.30
0.21
0.12
0.06
0.30
0.21
0.12
0.06
0.56
0.50
0.37
0.30
0.12
0.06

0.55
0.31
0.25
0.19
0.19
0.12
0.09
0.05
0.19
0.12
0.09
0.05
0.31
0.25
0.19
0.19
0.09
0.05

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