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    This document summarizes how a current transformer works. It has a polymer housing and copper windings arranged concentrically around a ferrite toroidal core. There are two primary windings that overlap a secondary winding, with insulation separating the layers. The core allows the transformer to work at high frequencies while minimizing size and losses. Pin connections and turn ratios are marked externally to identify the primary and secondary coil connections and turns.

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    This document summarizes how a current transformer works. It has a polymer housing and copper windings arranged concentrically around a ferrite toroidal core. There are two primary windings that overlap a secondary winding, with insulation separating the layers. The core allows the transformer to work at high frequencies while minimizing size and losses. Pin connections and turn ratios are marked externally to identify the primary and secondary coil connections and turns.

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    This document summarizes how a current transformer works. It has a polymer housing and copper windings arranged concentrically around a ferrite toroidal core. There are two primary windings that overlap a secondary winding, with insulation separating the layers. The core allows the transformer to work at high frequencies while minimizing size and losses. Pin connections and turn ratios are marked externally to identify the primary and secondary coil connections and turns.

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    This document summarizes how a current transformer works. It has a polymer housing and copper windings arranged concentrically around a ferrite toroidal core. There are two primary windings that overlap a secondary winding, with insulation separating the layers. The core allows the transformer to work at high frequencies while minimizing size and losses. Pin connections and turn ratios are marked externally to identify the primary and secondary coil connections and turns.

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    Insight - How Current Transformer Works

    TABLE OF CONTENTS:

    1. Insight - How Current Transformer Works


    2. Windings & Pin Structure
    3. Internal Structure
    4. Core and Coils
    5. Free TI Design & Simulation Tools
    Written By: 
     Abhimanyu Mathur

    Transformer is an electrical device which works on the principle of Faraday’s law of electromagnetism used to step
    up or step down the input voltage.Transformers are of different types for example: Power transformers, Current
    Transformers, Potential Transformers, Pulse Transformer, RF Transformer and Audio transformers. The most
    common application of Current transformer is to reduce the current and provide galvanic isolation in current sensing
    devices. Some typical examples include SMPS, motor control and electronic lightning ballasts.
    Some of you would know how a current transformer works. Windings, Core, connections and other things which
    many of you have surely seen in the books or  in the diagrams.But how many of you have got the chance to see how
    actually it looks from inside. A small instrument but which works greater than its size. In today’s insight you will know
    how current transformers are made to work.
    Image1
    Above picture displays a Current transformer. The marking on the device helps us to know the number of turns in
    secondary coil. Different manufacturers have different format of marking for example this device has marking in the
    format of 54XXXC in which the X’s are replaced by a three digit.The number represents the turns in secondary coil for
    instance if it is written 54050C it means that the secondary coil has 50 turns.
    Packaging:

     
    Image2 

    This transformer has a polymer housing made from a material known as UL94 V-0 which complies with the RoHS
    standards. UL94 a code given to the test for flammability of plastic materials used in electronic devices.
    The last two alphanumeric represents their flaming rating. In thisV-0 means that the flames will be vanished in
    maximum 10 seconds with no burning material can fall. 
    Written By: 
     Abhimanyu Mathur

    Windings:
    Image3 
    Bottom view of the transformer is shown in the picture above. Copper wires aregenerally used as current
    carrying conductor. There are six terminals out of which two are connected with the secondary winding
    and four with primary winding. Primary winding has area of cross section bigger because resistance of a
    wire is inversely proportional to its cross sectional area. Input current for the transformer has to be more
    than secondary. To minimize the magnetic flux density secondary coils have lower cross sectional area.
    There are two primary coils in this device in the ratio 1:1 which improve the safe current capacity of the
    transformer.
    Pin Structure:

     
    Image4 
    It is a 6 pin device which serves as input and output terminals for it. Circular groove at the bottom left
    corner helps to identify the pin structure. Primarywinding are connected to the pins 1, 6& 2, 5 and 3, 4 to
    the secondary winding. Turn ratio of the device is 1:1:200, where 200 is the secondary coil turn ratio.
    Written By: 
     Abhimanyu Mathur

    Inner structure:

     
    Image5 

    After cutting down the polymer we saw how the winding overlaps each other. It looks like a ring of copper wire as
    shown in the image above. The windings are placed concentrically to reduce the flux leakage in the transformer.
    Image6 
    Written By: 
     Abhimanyu Mathur

    There are two primary winding of single turn and it overlaps the secondary. Insulators made from varnish or enamel is
    used to separate primary and secondary winding.Insulation in transformer prevents conductors shorting.

    Image7

    After shredding some copper wires we saw the heart of the transformer “The Core”.This type of construction of core
    is known as toroidal core in which the conductor tightly surrounds the core in a manner that there is no air gap. Ferrite
    Toroidal core is used for high frequency working to reduce losses as well as its physical size.
    Image8

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