Air core inductors exhibit high Q, maintain a constant inductance value regardless of current, and can be tuned to specific inductance values by manipulating the distance between coil windings. They ...

Boards are getting smaller, but power needs keep rising. An inductor shows how engineers can save space without losing ...

TDK Corp. has launched the ADL8030VA, a high-performance automotive inductor for power-over-coaxial (PoC) applications. The PoC inductor reduces design complexity and cost in advanced ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Design engineers are under constant pressure to reduce component size while ensuring equal or greater performance. Most engineers would prefer to ...

We report a fabrication technology for 3D air-core inductors for small footprint and very-high-frequency power conversions. Our process is scalable and highly generic for fabricating inductors with a ...

Old is new again as tiny mechanical contactors outperform solid-state switches, monolithic inductors for power conversion, ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have devised a method of combining capacitors and inductors in a tiny, 3D rolled membrane. This will save space in the electronic filters ...

A research team in the Netherlands investigated how copper planar air-core inductors can yield the required inductor properties to support sub-module power conversion in PV modules. The scientists ...

YouTuber [RimstarOrg], AKA Hackaday’s own [Steven Dufresne], shows how to make a DIY inductor for a specific inductance. This is obviously a great skill to learn as sometimes your design may call for ...

Induction heating is considered to be a growth sector for several good reasons. The technique is extremely fast, reproducible, reliable, energy efficient and has an unlimited range of possible ...

If you are a novice electronic constructor, you will become familiar with common electronic components. Resistors, capacitors, transistors, diodes, LEDs, integrated circuits. These are the fodder for ...