《1993TI-Coupled Inductor Design 》.pdf

May 93 Lloyd Dixon Summary: to minimize the number of winding layers and Coupled inductors have many applications in minimize the magnetic field strength between the power electronics. In a multiple-output buck derived windings by stretching it out across a wide window. regulator. filter inductor windings coupled on a However, in this application, there is little high common core provide vastly improved ac cross- frequency current in the windings, so losses are not regulation. and ripple current steeringfor improved very important, and there is no desire to minimize filtering and reduced minimum loads!l] Coupling leakage inductance but instead to utilize it for a the inductors in a SEPIC high power factor prereg- specific purpose. So the application is better satis- ulator can reduce noise by steering high frequency fied with a low frequency core with a more ripple away from the input!2] square window shape. This paper shows how to design a coupled inductor to achieve desired objectives. using tech- Application Parameters: niques discussed in previous Unitrode Seminars. Although the specific design example is the coupled Coupledinductorwindings L 1,(2: 2mH inductor used in the SEPIC preregulator. the Uncoupled(leakage)inductance,LL: 0.2 mH techniques use