Choke coil for eliminating common mode noise and differential mode noise

• US 5,581,224 A
• Filed: 10/13/1995
• Issued: 12/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Biomedical Photometrics Incorporated (Confocal, Inc.), Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Kouichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kozma, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US08/543,164
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 336/83, 336/212, 336/215, 336/214, 336/229, 336/160, 336/221, 336/181, 336/233
• US Class Current: 336/212
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/062 Toroidal core with turns of coil around it
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2003/106 Magnetic circuits using combinations of different magnetic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 3/10 Composite arrangements of magnetic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 30/16 Toroidal transformers
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 37/00 Fixed inductances not covered by group H01F17/00

Abstract

A choke coil which functions not only to eliminate common mode noise but also to eliminate differential mode noise. A couple of coils are wound around a circular first core and a second core which is disposed inside the circular first core. The second core has a circular frame and a bridge which is laid in the frame. The first core may be easy to become magnetic saturation but is made of a material with a large magnetic permeability, and preferably a material with a relative magnetic permeability of several thousand, such as ferrite and amorphous. The second core is made of a material which is hard to become magnetic saturation, and preferably a material with a relative magnetic permeability of some scores to several hundred, such as dust core.

Claims

1. A choke coil for eliminating common mode noise and differential mode noise, the choke coil comprising:

a circular first core;

a second core which is disposed inside the circular first core, the second core having a circular frame and a bridge laid in the frame; and

a couple of coils which are wound around the first core and the second core.

2. A choke coil as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first core has a larger relative magnetic permeability than the second core.

3. A choke coil as claimed in claim 1, wherein the couple of coils are wound around the first core and the second core separated by the bridge of the second core.

4. A choke coil as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a spacer which is disposed between the first core and the second core to prevent magnetic saturation of the first core.

5. A choke coil for eliminating common mode noise and differential mode noise, the choke coil comprising:

a circular core;

a case for encasing the core, the case comprising;

a hollow circular non-magnetic portion which has a container in which the case is placed and a lid;

a magnetic portion which is disposed inside the circular non-magnetic portion, the magnetic portion having a circular frame and a bridge laid in the frame; and

a couple of coils which are wound around the case.

6. A choke coil as claimed in claim 5, wherein the core has a larger relative magnetic permeability than the magnetic portion of the case.

7. A choke coil as claimed in claim 5, wherein the couple of coils are wound around the case separated by the bridge of the magnetic portion.