Litz Design PDFs
Litz Design PDFs
Litz Design PDFs
Litz Design
Typically, the design engineer requiring the use of Litz
knows the operating frequency and RMS current required
for the application. Since the primar y benefit of a Litz
conductor is the reduction of A.C. losses, the first
consideration in any Litz design is the operating
frequency. The operating frequency not only influences
the actual Litz construction, but is also used to
determine the individual wire gauge.
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Where: H = Resistance ratio of individual strands Following is an example of the calculations required to
when isolated (taken from Table 1 or 2) evaluate a Type 2 Litz construction consisting of 450
strands of 40 AWG single-film polyurethane-coated wire
G = Eddy-current
operating at 100 KHZ. This construction, designed with
basis factor
two bunching operations and one cabling operation,
F = Operating frequency in HZ would be written 5x3/30/40 (NEW uses “x” to indicate
a cabling operation and “/” to indicate a bunching oper-
N = Number of strands in the cable ation.)
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