Data SheetData Sheet
Date: June 2013
Ferrites and accessories
EFD 30/15/9
Core and accessories
Series/Type: B66423, B66424
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Important notes at the end of this document.
■E core with flattened, lower center leg
for especially flat transformer design
■For DC/DC converters
■Delivery mode: single units
Magnetic characteristics (per set)
l/A = 0.99 mm–1
le= 68 mm
Ae= 69 mm2
Amin = 69 mm2
Ve= 4690 mm3
Approx. weight 24 g/set
Ungapped
Gapped
The AL value in the table applies to a core set comprising one ungapped core (dimension g = 0) and
one gapped core (dimension g > 0).
Calculation factors (for formulas, see “E cores: general information” )
Validity range: K1, K2: 0.10 mm < s < 2.00 mm
K3, K4: 70 nH < AL < 630 nH
Material AL value
nH
ePV
W/set
Ordering code
N87 2050 +30/–20% 1610 < 2.6 (200 mT, 100 kHz, 100 °C) B66423G0000X187
N97 2150 +30/–20% 1690 < 2.2 (200 mT, 100 kHz, 100 °C) B66423G0000X197
Material AL value
nH
eg
approx. mm
Ordering code
N87 16010% 125 0.71 B66423U0160K187
250 10% 196 0.38 B66423U0250K187
315 10% 246 0.27 B66423U0315K187
Material Relationship between
air gap – AL value
Calculation of saturation current
K1 (25 °C) K2 (25 °C) K3 (25 °C) K4 (25 °C) K3 (100 °C) K4 (100 °C)
N87 125 – 0.712 176 – 0.796 161 – 0.873
B66423Core
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Coil former
Material: GFR thermosetting plastic (UL 94 V-0, insulation class to IEC 60085:
H max. operating temperature 180 °C), color code black
Sumikon PM 9630 ® E41429 (M), SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO LTD
Solderability: to IEC 60068-2-20, test Ta, method 1 (aging 3): 235 °C, 2 s
Resistance to soldering heat: to IEC 60068-2-20, test Tb, method 1B: 350 °C, 3.5 s
Winding: see Data Book 2013, chapter “Processing notes, 2.1”
Squared pins.
Yoke
Material: Stainless spring steel (0.45 mm)
Coil former Yoke
Coil former Ordering code
Sections AN
mm2
lN
mm
AR value
Pins
152.3 56.7 37.3 12 B66424W1012D001
Yoke (ordering code per piece, 2 are required) B66424B2000X000
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Mechanical stress and mounting
Ferrite cores have to meet mechanical requirements during assembling and for a growing number
of applications. Since ferrites are ceramic materials one has to be aware of the special behavior
under mechanical load.
As valid for any ceramic material, ferrite cores are brittle and sensitive to any shock, fast changing
or tensile load. Especially high cooling rates under ultrasonic cleaning and high static or cyclic loads
can cause cracks or failure of the ferrite cores.
For detailed information see chapter “Definitions”, section 8.1.
Effects of core combination on AL value
Stresses in the core affect not only the mechanical but also the magnetic properties. It is apparent
that the initial permeability is dependent on the stress state of the core. The higher the stresses are
in the core, the lower is the value for the initial permeability. Thus the embedding medium should
have the greatest possible elasticity.
For detailed information see chapter “Definitions”, section 8.2.
Heating up
Ferrites can run hot during operation at higher flux densities and higher frequencies.
NiZn-materials
The magnetic properties of NiZn-materials can change irreversible in high magnetic fields.
Processing notes
– The start of the winding process should be soft. Else the flanges may be destroid.
– To strong winding forces may blast the flanges or squeeze the tube that the cores can no more
be mount.
– To long soldering time at high temperature (>300 °C) may effect coplanarity or pin arrangement.
– Not following the processing notes for soldering of the J-leg terminals may cause solderability
problems at the transformer because of pollution with Sn oxyd of the tin bath or burned insulation
of the wire. For detailed information see chapter “Processing notes”, section 8.2.
– The dimensions of the hole arrangement have fixed values and should be understood as
a recommendation for drilling the printed circuit board. For dimensioning the pins, the group
of holes can only be seen under certain conditions, as they fit into the given hole arrangement.
To avoid problems when mounting the transformer, the manufacturing tolerances for positioning
the customers’ drilling process must be considered by increasing the hole diameter.
Cautions and warnings
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Symbol Meaning Unit
A
Ae
AL
AL1
Amin
AN
AR
B
B
B
ˆ
B
ˆ
BDC
BR
BS
C0
CDF
DF
d
Ea
f
fcutoff
fmax
fmin
fr
fCu
g
H
H
ˆ
HDC
Hc
h
h/i
2
I
IDC
I
ˆ
J
k
k3
k3c
L
Cross section of coil
Effective magnetic cross section
Inductance factor; AL = L/N2
Minimum inductance at defined high saturation ( a)
Minimum core cross section
Winding cross section
Resistance factor; AR = RCu/N2
RMS value of magnetic flux density
Flux density deviation
Peak value of magnetic flux density
Peak value of flux density deviation
DC magnetic flux density
Remanent flux density
Saturation magnetization
Winding capacitance
Core distortion factor
Relative disaccommodation coefficient DF = d/i
Disaccommodation coefficient
Activation energy
Frequency
Cut-off frequency
Upper frequency limit
Lower frequency limit
Resonance frequency
Copper filling factor
Air gap
RMS value of magnetic field strength
Peak value of magnetic field strength
DC field strength
Coercive field strength
Hysteresis coefficient of material
Relative hysteresis coefficient
RMS value of current
Direct current
Peak value of current
Polarization
Boltzmann constant
Third harmonic distortion
Circuit third harmonic distortion
Inductance
mm2
mm2
nH
nH
mm2
mm2
= 10–6
Vs/m2, mT
Vs/m2, mT
Vs/m2, mT
Vs/m2, mT
Vs/m2, mT
Vs/m2, mT
Vs/m2, mT
F = As/V
mm–4.5
J
s–1, Hz
s–1, Hz
s–1, Hz
s–1, Hz
s–1, Hz
mm
A/m
A/m
A/m
A/m
10–6 cm/A
10–6 cm/A
A
A
A
Vs/m2
J/K
H = Vs/A
Symbols and terms
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Symbol Meaning Unit
L/L
L0
LH
Lp
Lrev
Ls
le
lN
N
PCu
Ptrans
PV
PF
Q
R
RCu
Rh
Rh
Ri
Rp
Rs
Rth
RV
s
T
T
TC
t
tv
tan
tanL
tanr
tane
tanh
tan/i
U
Û
Ve
Z
Zn
Relative inductance change
Inductance of coil without core
Main inductance
Parallel inductance
Reversible inductance
Series inductance
Effective magnetic path length
Average length of turn
Number of turns
Copper (winding) losses
Transferrable power
Relative core losses
Performance factor
Quality factor (Q = L/Rs = 1/tanL)
Resistance
Copper (winding) resistance (f = 0)
Hysteresis loss resistance of a core
Rh change
Internal resistance
Parallel loss resistance of a core
Series loss resistance of a core
Thermal resistance
Effective loss resistance of a core
Total air gap
Temperature
Temperature difference
Curie temperature
Time
Pulse duty factor
Loss factor
Loss factor of coil
(Residual) loss factor at H 0
Relative loss factor
Hysteresis loss factor
Relative loss factor of material at H 0
RMS value of voltage
Peak value of voltage
Effective magnetic volume
Complex impedance
Normalized impedance |Z|n = |Z| /N 2 (le /Ae)
H
H
H
H
H
H
mm
mm
W
W
mW/g
K/W
mm
°C
K
°C
s
V
V
mm3
/mm
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All dimensions are given in mm.
Surface-mount device
Symbol Meaning Unit
F
e
r
B
i
s
0
a
app
e
i
p'
p"
r
rev
s'
s"
tot
l/A
Cu
Temperature coefficient (TK)
Relative temperature coefficient of material
Temperature coefficient of effective permeability
Relative permittivity
Magnetic flux
Efficiency of a transformer
Hysteresis material constant
Hysteresis core constant
Magnetostriction at saturation magnetization
Relative complex permeability
Magnetic field constant
Relative amplitude permeability
Relative apparent permeability
Relative effective permeability
Relative initial permeability
Relative real (inductive) component of (for parallel components)
Relative imaginary (loss) component of (for parallel components)
Relative permeability
Relative reversible permeability
Relative real (inductive) component of (for series components)
Relative imaginary (loss) component of (for series components)
Relative total permeability
derived from the static magnetization curve
Resistivity
Magnetic form factor
DC time constant Cu = L/RCu = AL/AR
Angular frequency; = 2 f
1/K
1/K
1/K
Vs
mT-1
A–1H–1/2
Vs/Am
m–1
mm–1
s
s–1
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