Re: those coupled drum core inductors

On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:53:32 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
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On 3/16/25 15:15, john larkin wrote:

 
 
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I was surprised to get K=0.6 by just putting them along side.
 

 
That's somewhat surprising, indeed. Are the cores dumbbell-shaped? Does
the coupling vary steeply with the spacing?

The inductors are covered by shrink tubing but seem to be tall skinny
drum cores, dumbbells.

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Stick a sig-gen across one and a 'scope across t'other, that will tell
you how much coupling there is at any given spacing.

I've done that but didn't quantify coupling vs distance. I measured
coupling and series inductance assuming two parts mounted as close to
one another as makes sense, not quite mechanically interfering.

I used a third one as a mag field probe, to verify that the series
pair has a magnetic null plane between the parts, and doesn't couple
far-field very much.

The extra 6 mH helps my circuit a bit, without adding ESR. Cute trick.

I guess there could be other uses for this coupling.