Transformer with twisted conductors

• US 5,182,537 A
• Filed: 08/26/1991
• Issued: 01/26/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Thuis, Robbert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kozma, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US07/749,803
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 333/127, 333/177, 333/180, 336/170, 336/171, 336/180, 336/181, 336/182, 336/183, 336/229
• US Class Current: 336/180
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 30/16 Toroidal transformers

Abstract

The transformer comprises an annular core (1) of a soft-magnetic material on which there are provided a first winding and a second winding. The second winding comprises n turns more than the first winding. The first winding consisted of a first conductor (3) and a second conductor (5), the second winding consisting of a third conductor (7). The three conductors (3, 5, 7) are twisted over a part of their length so as to form a cable (9) wherefrom a common winding is formed which includes at least a part of the second winding and substantially the entire first winding. Near one end of the common winding there are provided n additional turns of the first conductor (3) and near its other end there are provided n additional turns of the second conductor (5). The corresponding end portions of the first and second conductors (3, 5) are electrically interconnected in order to form terminals (13, 19) of the first winding, and the end portions of the third conductor (7) form terminals (11, 15) of the second winding. Because the n additional turns of the second winding are situated substantially symmetrically with respect to the first winding, the leakage inductance is comparatively low.

Claims

1. A transformer, comprising an annular core (1) of a soft-magnetic material with a first and a second winding, each of which consists of at least one wire-shaped electrical conductor (3, 5, 7), which conductors are twisted over at least a part of their length in order to form a cable (9) which is wound around the core (1), the first winding comprising n turns more than the second winding, characterized in that the first winding consists of a first (3) and a second conductor (5), the second winding consisting of a third conductor (7), the three conductors being twisted into a cable (9) over a length which is necessary to form at least a part of the second winding, from the cable there being formed a commonly wound winding which includes said part, near one end of the common winding there being provided n additional turns of the first conductor (3) whilst near the other end of the common winding there are provided n additional turns of the second conductor (5), the corresponding end portions of the first and the second conductor being electrically interconnected in order to form terminals (13, 19) of the first winding, the end portions of the third conductor (7) forming terminals (11, 15) of the second winding.

2. A transformer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the interconnected, corresponding end portions of the first conductor (3) and the second conductor (5) are twisted.

3. A transformer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the n additional turns of the second conductor (5) has a length which is greater than the circumference of the cross-section of the core (1) and forms a loop (21) which projects radially from the core and which is displaceable in the circumferential direction in order to adjust the leakage inductance.

4. A transformer as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the n additional turns of the second conductor (5) has a length which is greater than the circumference of the cross-section of the core (1) and forms a loop (21) which projects radially from the core and which is displaceable in the circumferential direction in order to adjust the leakage inductance.