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+ill - ID: Alignment 0.35j
+ill - ID: Alignment 0.35j
+ill - ID: Alignment 0.35j
-
3
ID and OI) = inside and outside diam- 0.2 - 10
3 - 0
C
eters of circular coil or
the corresponding side of
CIRCULAR
5
COILS
9
- 2
10
-ID
- G
a C =OD
sions, probably due to the greater 4 2
- 0.5
length of "wire" involved. Table 1 n = TURNS 0.5
shows the extent of the correlation 0.4
Cc 0.4
between measured and calculated - 4 a t 0.3
values of some of the inductances 0.3
á 0.3
constructed. Typical coils are illus-
trated in Fig. 1. `c:
0.2 - - 0.2
- 3 0.5
Alignment Chart
'-s
Even though the formulas given
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0.1 0.4
value. A line is then drawn through since most of them will probably be
1 on the a/c scale and 0.5 on the L operated at relatively high frequen- Lo = true inductance
scale to intersect the central refer- L. = effective inductance at frequency!
ence line. An additional line from
cies.
The effective, or apparent, induc-
f
= self-resonant frequency.
this intersection through the n and tance seen by the circuit will differ This is plotted in Fig. 2 to illustrate
a scales will completely define the from the low frequency or true in- the magnitude of the effects to be
coil. Space considerations might in- ductance due to the presence of the expected.
dicate a medium size coil, with a distributed capacity. This capacity In all the coils produced, a re-
value of a perhaps 0.3. The number may be considered as a lump shunt- markable constancy of distributed
of turns is then indicated as 5. This ing of the coil at frequencies up to capacity was found to exist. The
coil will have outside and inside di- approximately 80% of the self -res- number of turns seems to have only
ameters of 0.9 and 0.3 in., respec- onant frequency. Above this point, small effect, the capacity increasing
tively. Of course, other values of the the distributed nature of the ca- as the number of turns decreases.
various factors might be chosen to pacity makes itself apparent. The capacity increases as the dielec-
fit particular requirements. A square As the self- resonant frequency is tric constant of the base material in-
coil of like inductance would, with approached- from the low side, the creases but not in a direct fashion.
the same ratio of a /c, have either effective inductance will increase, Its value seems to be primarily some
fewer turns or smaller dimensions obscure function of the dielectric
than the circular coil. If a maximum Fig. 4: Series resonant rejection filter circuit constant and the overall dimensions
OD is the governing factor, one may of the coil. Values measured ranged
work from this in determining use- from 0.66 to 1.09 µµf. for all the coils
ful values of a, c and n. 1.15ph
constructed, averaging around 0.8
300 OHM 300 OHM
uuf. It appears from the data that
0.160h in the absence of other information
Distributed Capacity LINE LINE
a value in the vicinity of 0.7 to 0.8
Any inductance has a certain 2aafd
uuf, can be safely assumed for prac-
amount of distributed capacity. tical purposes when the usual types
which limits its usefulness in certain (Continued on page 120)
TELE -TECH & ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES December 1955 69
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