Loss Computation of Soft Magnetic Composite Inductors Based on Interpolated Scalar Magnetic Property

Author

Sato, Takahiro ; Aya, Soichiro ; Igarashi, Hajime ; Suzuki, Michiaki ; Iwasaki, Yoshiki ; Kawano, Kenji

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

51

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a new loss computation method for soft magnetic composite (SMC), which allows us to evaluate the loss for wide operating conditions. A formula for evaluation of eddy current and hysteresis losses is introduced. The effective volume fraction of the magnetic grain is determined from the sampled measured data. It is shown that the formula provides accurate estimate of the total loss in a toroidal SMC core. In addition, the loss of SMC inductor is shown to be also accurately evaluated at small computational burden using the proposed method.

Keywords

eddy current losses; inductors; magnetic cores; magnetic hysteresis; soft magnetic materials; SMC inductor; eddy current; effective volume fraction determination; hysteresis loss computation; interpolated scalar magnetic property; magnetic grain; soft magnetic composite; toroidal SMC core; Current measurement; Eddy currents; Inductors; Loss measurement; Magnetic hysteresis; Saturation magnetization; Soft magnetic materials; Anomalous eddy current; eddy current loss; hysteresis loss; inductors; soft magnetic composite (SMC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2014.2359983

Filename

7093570