Choosing the right inductor for a switching power supply Choosing the right inductor for a switching power supply | Inductors are commonly used components in switching power supplies. Since their current and voltage phases are different, the loss is theoretically zero. Inductors are often energy storage components and are often used together with capacitors in input filtering and output filtering circuits to smooth the current. Inductors are also called chokes, and their characteristic is that the current flowing through them has \"large inertia\". In other words, due to the continuous flux characteristics, the current on the inductor must be continuous, otherwise a large voltage spike will be generated. || Inductors are magnetic components, so there is naturally a problem of magnetic saturation. Some applications allow the inductor to saturate, some applications allow the inductor to enter saturation from a certain current value, and some applications do not allow the inductor to saturate, which requires differentiation in specific circuits. In most cases, the inductor works in the \"linear region\", where the inductance value is a constant and does not change with the terminal voltage and current. However, there is a problem in switching power supplies that cannot be ignored, that is, the winding of the inductor will lead to two distributed parameters (or parasitic parameters), one is the inevitable winding resistance, and the other is the distributed stray capacitance related to the winding process and materials. The stray capacitance has little effect at low frequencies, but it gradually becomes apparent as the frequency increases. When the frequency is higher than a certain value, the inductor may become a capacitor. If the stray capacitance is \"concentrated\" into a capacitor, the capacitance characteristics presented after a certain frequency can be seen from the equivalent circuit of the inductor. When analyzing the working condition of the inductor in the circuit or drawing the voltage and current waveform, it is worth considering the following characteristics: 1. When current I flows through the inductor L, the energy stored in the inductor is: E = 0.5 × L × I2 (1) ...
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