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TOROID : FT,T & BALUN

By N.S. Harisankar - VU3NSH. Phone : (0491) 2576102 The Toroidal cores are grouped into two types. (a) powdered Iron and (b) Ferrites. The Ferrite materials are based on "Nickel-Zinc" and "Manganese-Zinc". Powdered Iron are based on " Carbonyl Irons" and "Hydrogen Reduced Irons". See fig.'A' general classes and its subdivisions. Powdered Iron Types are designated by "T" and Ferrite Types are designated by FT. The Type Number for this are like T - YY - XX or FT - YY - XX. So this are in three elements 1st classes of material 2nd (YY) Approximation of the outside diameter (OD) 3rd it indicates the Type of Mixture of Material. Eg : FT50-61. ie., FT for "Ferrite", "50" for OD-0.50 inch (12.7mm) and The "61" for mixture No.2. Ref fig."B"

FIG. A

TOROID CORE

Powdered Iron

6/2003 - EE

Ferrites

"T"

"FT"

Carbonyl Irons

Hydrogen Reduced Irons

Nickel - Zinc (N-Z)

Manganese Zinc (M-Z)

High Temperature stability, r of 1 to 35, very high 'Q' upto 200 MHz. used in High power & variable freq. osc circuits.

Low 'Q', r upto 90, used in EMI circuit.

High volume resistivity & High 'Q' 0.50 to 100 MHz, Temp stability is moderate, used in 125 to 850 r Range

Very high relative Permebility - 850 to 5000. High 'Q' 1KHz to 1MHz, Low Volume Resistivity and Moderated saturation. Flux Densidy. used in switching PSU from 20 to 100 KHz & EMI attention in the regan of 20 to 400MHz.

r = Relative permeability AL = Value which relates Inductance per 100 or 1000 turns of wire
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FIG-B

FT -

50

43

68

FERRITE

OD

MIXTURE

POWDERED IRON

OD

MIXTURE COLOUR CODE "Red"

POWDERED IRON CORE DATA (Carbonyl Irons & Hydrogen Reduced Irons)
(1) Table : 1a - Powdered Iron Core "T-YY-XX" r 1 20 10 35 8 6 3 25 3 75

Material 0 1 2 3 6 10 12 15 17 26

Comments Used up to 200 MHz. Inductance varies with method of winding. Made of Carbonyl C. Similar to Mixture No. 3 but is more stable, and has a higher volume resistivity Made of Carbonyl E, High Q and good volume resistivity over range of 1 to 30 MHz. Made of Carbonyl HP, Very good stability and good Q over range of 50 kHz to 500 kHz. Made of Carbonyl SF, is similar to mixture no.2, but has higher Q over range 20 to 50 MHz. Type W powdered iron. Good Q and high stability from 40 to 100 MHz. Made of synthetic oxide material. Good Q but only moderate stability over the range 50 to 100 MHz. Made of Carbonyl GS6. Excellent stability and good Q over range 0.1 to 2 MHz. Recommended for AM BCB and VLF applications. Carbonyl material similar to mixture no. 12, but has greater temperature stability but lower Q than no. 12. Made of Hydrogen Reduced Iron. Has very high permeability. Used in EMI filters and DC chokes.

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Table : 1b - Powdered Iron core size & AL Values Core size Core material type (mix) 15 1 2 6

26

10

12

12 16 20 37 50 68 94 130 200

275 320 420 590 785 895

60 61 90 120 175 195 248 350 425

50 55 65 90 135 180 200 250 -

48 44 52 80 100 115 160 200 250

20 22 27 40 49 57 84 110 120

17 19 22 30 40 47 70 96 100

12 13 16 25 31 32 58 -

7 8 10 15 18 21 32 -

3 3 3.5 4.9 6.4 7.5 10.6 15 -

Table : 1C - Colour code of Powdered Iron core & properties Material type 41 3 15 1 2 6 10 12 0 Colour code green grey red / white blue red yellow black green / white tan r 75 35 25 20 10 8 6 3 1 Frequency (MHz) 0.05 - 0.5 0.1 - 2 0.5 - 5 1 - 30 10 - 90 60 - 150 100 - 200 150 - 300

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FERRITE CORE DATA

(Nickel - Zinc & Manganese - Zinc) Table : 2a - Ferrite Core "FT-YY-XX"

Material 33

r 850

Remarks M-Z. Used over 1 kHz to 1 MHz for loopstick antenna rods. Low volume resistivity.

43

850

N-Z. Medium wave inductors and wideband transformers to 50 MHz. High attenuation over 30 to 400 MHz. High volume resistivity

61

125

N-Z. High Q over 0.2 to 15 to 25 MHz. Moderate temperature stability. used for wideband transformers to 200 MHz.

63 67

40 40

High Q over 15 to 25 MHz. Low permeability and high volume resistivity. N-Z, High Q operation over 10 to 80 MHz. Relatively high flux density and good temperature stability, is similar to Type 63, but has lower volume resistivity. Used in wideband transformers to 200 MHz.

68

20

N-Z, Excellent temperature stability and high Q over 80 to 180 MHz. High volume resistivity.

72

2000

High Q to 0.50 MHz, but used in EMI filters from 0.50 to 50 MHz. Low volume resistivity.

J/75

5000

Used in pulse and wideband transformers from 1 kHz to 1 MHz, and in EMI filters from 0.50 to 20 MHz. Low volume resistivity and low core losses.

77

2000

0.001 to 1 MHz. Used in wideband transformers and power converters, and in EMI and noise filters from 0.5 to 50 MHz.

3000

is similar to Type 77 above, but offers a higher volume resitivity, higher initial permeability, and higher flux saturation density. Used for power converters and in EMI/noisefilters from 0.50 to 50 MHz.

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Table : 2b - Ferrite core size & AL Valve Core type no. prefix : FT-YY-XX

Core size 23 37 50 50A 50B 82 114 114A 240

43 188 420 523 570 1140 557 603 1249

61 24.8 55.3 68 75 150 73.3 79.3 146 173

Material type 63 7.9 17.7 22 24 48 22.8 25.4 53

72 396 884 1100 1200 2400 1170 1270 2340 3130

75 990 2210 2750 2990 3020 3170 6845

77 356 796 990 1080 2160 1060 1140 3130

Balun Cores

Balun No. 25 MHz BN - 43 - 2402 BN - 61 - 2402 BN - 73 - 2402 BN - 43 - 202 BN - 61 - 202 BN - 73 - 202 BN - 43 - 3312 BN - 43 - 7051 75 106 -

Typical Impedance (ohms)1 100MHz 100 88 180 150 400 500

AL2

1275 150 3750 2890 425 8500 5400 6000

* 1 : Impedance checked with single turn through 2 holes * 2 : nH/turn2

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