Title :
Design of a tunable inductor for applications of contactless couplers
Author :
Li, Kangrong ; McDonough, Tom ; Chen, Yinchao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a systematic methodology to design a tunable inductor for potential applications of contactless couplers. The design applies the Ansoft software tool HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) in conjunction with Microsoft Visual C++ programming to optimize an inductor´s dimensions, e.g., number of trace turns, diameter of the wire, and diameter of the ferrite core. The proposed methodology was successfully applied to design a 200nH inductor at the frequency of 300 MHz.
Keywords :
electric connectors; inductors; High Frequency Structure Simulator; contactless couplers; frequency 300 MHz; tunable inductor; Application software; Contacts; Couplers; Design methodology; Ferrites; Frequency; Inductance; Inductors; Tunable circuits and devices; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5171512
