On 5/3/2012 2:17 AM, Steve Hunt wrote:
> I just started making measurements on some CM chokes using Fair-Rite's
> #52 mix - it looks quite useful for the upper half of the HF spectrum.
> Here is a typical result:
> http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/temp/52_mix.png
Thanks for the "heads up." I concur with your assessment that this
material could be quite useful in the higher HF bands. Note that
Fair-Rite has not yet established specs for parts made with this
material for suppression -- they are currently listed only as inductive
components (primarily for use below about 5 MHz), and carry 59-series
part numbers.
For inductive components, the primary specs are for permeability at the
lower frequencies where the material has relatively low loss, and there
are no plots of impedance vs frequency. For suppression components, the
primary specifications are for impedance as a function of frequency in
the spectrum where the material is lossy, and thus useful as a common
mode choke. Data sheets for suppression components DO include graphs of
impedance vs frequency, and often for 1-3 turns. When they get around to
specifying suppression performance they will assign 26-series part
numbers to toroids and other solid cores and 04-series numbers for
clamp-ons.
It should be noted that the difference between parts with inductive part
numbers and suppression part numbers is how they are controlled in
manufacturing and how they are tested for compliance with the
performance specs. That is, an inductive part number is tested for its
mu and loss tangent at the low frequencies where it would be used as an
inductor, and a suppression part number is tested at the higher
frequencies where it is used for suppression.
73, Jim K9YC
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