• inductor polarity

    From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 27 19:50:15 2025
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.

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  • From Joerg@21:1/5 to john larkin on Thu Feb 27 21:24:23 2025
    On 2/27/25 7:50 PM, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.


    Typically that is the case.


    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.


    Best is to shoot off an Email to Murata. They are usually quite
    responsive to technical inquiries. That one email could save your
    production folks a lot of future grunt work.


    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    But those also talk a lot :-)

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    Regards, Joerg

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  • From Arie de Muijnck@21:1/5 to john larkin on Fri Feb 28 09:03:06 2025
    On 2025-02-28 04:50, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    It works fine, but the total inductance will be somewhat higher than just 2x. The external field is way less, I use that trick in a sensitive environment (ADC's etc).

    If you mount them parallel to the PCB, try alternating 90 degree positioning from pair to pair to minimize coupling.

    Arie

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  • From Jeroen Belleman@21:1/5 to john larkin on Fri Feb 28 10:01:44 2025
    On 2/28/25 04:50, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    I can't see the Digikey link. They want me to switch off
    my adblocker, which is just no.

    If this is a solenoid, turning it 180 degrees is not going
    to make any difference! It will still be the same winding
    direction!

    Jeroen Belleman

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to jeroen@nospam.please on Fri Feb 28 08:05:50 2025
    On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:01:44 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
    <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

    On 2/28/25 04:50, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    I can't see the Digikey link. They want me to switch off
    my adblocker, which is just no.


    Try this:

    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5mcmrincxepmhkve64rse/kmp_1900r-2.pdf?rlkey=a1p10nn8lgecslf1k6cmlp5jb&dl=0

    My module has just about 1" of allowable component height, so this
    uses the volume well. And this shape will have good cooling in the air
    flow.

    If this is a solenoid, turning it 180 degrees is not going
    to make any difference! It will still be the same winding
    direction!

    Jeroen Belleman


    If I swap the pins, namely reverse the current direction, won't the
    mag field direction reverse?

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 28 08:16:02 2025
    On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:03:06 +0100, Arie de Muijnck <noreply@ademu.nl>
    wrote:

    On 2025-02-28 04:50, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    It works fine, but the total inductance will be somewhat higher than just 2x.

    Even better! Any guess how much? I'll order some samples to play with.

    The external field is way less, I use that trick in a sensitive environment (ADC's etc).

    If you mount them parallel to the PCB, try alternating 90 degree positioning from pair to pair to minimize coupling.

    I want to use all the available height and minimize PCB footprint, so
    this is an ideal part. But there must be some other orientation that
    miminizes coupling between inductor pairs.

    The product is an 8-channel programmable dummy load module that
    simuates resistance and inductance, to pretend to be a solenoid or a
    motor winding, so low-level crosstalk won't get noticed.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 28 08:11:31 2025
    On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:24:23 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/27/25 7:50 PM, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.


    Typically that is the case.


    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.


    Best is to shoot off an Email to Murata. They are usually quite
    responsive to technical inquiries. That one email could save your
    production folks a lot of future grunt work.


    I did fill out their inquiry form. I hate filling out forms.

    Murata makes great stuff, like dc/dc converters and such.



    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    But those also talk a lot :-)

    One could make a 10s of kilovolt isolated power supply with a pair of "shielded" inductors separated by a sheet of plastic.

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  • From Jeroen Belleman@21:1/5 to john larkin on Fri Feb 28 18:54:34 2025
    On 2/28/25 17:05, john larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:01:44 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
    <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

    On 2/28/25 04:50, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    I can't see the Digikey link. They want me to switch off
    my adblocker, which is just no.


    Try this:

    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5mcmrincxepmhkve64rse/kmp_1900r-2.pdf?rlkey=a1p10nn8lgecslf1k6cmlp5jb&dl=0

    My module has just about 1" of allowable component height, so this
    uses the volume well. And this shape will have good cooling in the air
    flow.

    If this is a solenoid, turning it 180 degrees is not going
    to make any difference! It will still be the same winding
    direction!

    Jeroen Belleman


    If I swap the pins, namely reverse the current direction, won't the
    mag field direction reverse?


    Ah, yes, you are right, it will.

    Jeroen Belleman

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  • From Joerg@21:1/5 to john larkin on Fri Feb 28 15:14:12 2025
    On 2/28/25 8:11 AM, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:24:23 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/27/25 7:50 PM, john larkin wrote:


    [...]


    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    But those also talk a lot :-)

    One could make a 10s of kilovolt isolated power supply with a pair of "shielded" inductors separated by a sheet of plastic.


    Be careful. Thick plastic maybe but the thin stuff can blow and
    depending on the kind of plastic let off some toxic fumes.

    --
    Regards, Joerg

    http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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  • From Edward Rawde@21:1/5 to Jeroen Belleman on Fri Feb 28 20:49:32 2025
    "Jeroen Belleman" <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote in message news:vprtop$3jbo5$1@dont-email.me...
    On 2/28/25 04:50, john larkin wrote:
    I need to put 16 of these on a very dense PC board.

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/murata-power-solutions-inc/19R476C/5798223

    Each of the eight channels needs two of these. If I can put each pair
    of inductors close together and with the same current but opposed
    field direction, I'll get minimum mag field leakage to other channels
    (and to other boards.)

    I see that one lead is longer than the other. I wonder if that implies
    a consistent winding direction, so my manufacturing people could use
    that as the "pin1" indicator.

    If that's not dependable, I'll have to set up a rig to determine mag
    field polarity, and mark one side with a red dot or something.

    I'd rather use surface-mount shielded inductors, but these tall
    unshielded drum cores have way more L and less R than a shielded part,
    for a given PCB footprint.


    I can't see the Digikey link. They want me to switch off
    my adblocker, which is just no.

    You don't have to. I haven't seen any ads on Digikey. But I do sometimes see this issue which can be fixed as follows.
    Open Microsoft Edge.
    Go to Digikey or paste the link.
    Do the "Prove you're human" test by holding the mouse button down as needed. Once the site opens, close Edge and forget about it again.
    Open Firefox and paste the link. The site will open normally.

    What's going on here is likely to be a system which stores the fact that the human test was passed at your specific public IP address.
    The reason for this is to stop the myriad of bots out there from scraping
    the site content for their own purposes (AI training comes to mind).
    As long as you're using the the same public IP address then you won't have
    to do the human test again for a specific length of time but I don't know
    how long (maybe a few days).

    If you are on a system where your public IP address is likely to change
    often then you will likely have to do this often.


    If this is a solenoid, turning it 180 degrees is not going
    to make any difference! It will still be the same winding
    direction!

    Jeroen Belleman



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