Re: Help: how to design air-core transformer?

From: Leon Heller (leon_heller_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/23/04


Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:16:58 -0000


"James Meyer" <jmeyer@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:02:42 -0000, "Leon Heller"
> <leon_heller@hotmail.com>
> wroth:
>
>>"James Meyer" <jmeyer@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>>> On 22 Nov 2004 15:08:36 -0800, jmgong74@tom.com (Jim) wroth:
>>>
>>>>I hope to design an air-core transformer which may operate at 100-500
>>>>MHz.
>>>>However I found the loss is too high.
>>>>Can anybody give me some advices to design air-core transformer?
>>>>Thanks a million!
>>>
>>> It can't be done. Try another solution.
>>
>>RF inductors are often wound without cores, especially at VHF and UHF.
>>
>>Leon
>>
>
> Low loss wideband RF transformers are almost never wound without cores.

I was thinking of a narrow-band transformer within the range the specified
range.

Leon



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