Denis
July 24th 03, 09:07 PM
(Steve Kendall) wrote in message >...
> I am planning to DIY output transformers for my future push pull power
> amplifier. After a few days search on the net, I can only find one
> place to sell EI laminations and another one to sell toroidal core in
> small quantity. Since the company selling EI laminations only offers
> EI-112 and the price is high, so I decide to stick to toroidal core.
>
> My first question is: can I use a toroidal core made by grain oriented
> silicon steel to make a good PP output transformer?
>
Certainly NO!
There are three reasons:
1. It is extremely difficult to maintain required precision of turns
layout.
2. The wideband OPTs benefit from increased iron cross-section, this
is difficult with toroids.
3. A very small, but finite airgap is essential for any PP output
transformer. The natural gap of, say, 25um, which is present in a
double-C core is just what doctor has prescribed, the IE cores are
similar, the toroids are not.
There are also reasons for being sceptical about Plitron OPTs.
Best regards,
Denis N. Afanassyev
> I am planning to DIY output transformers for my future push pull power
> amplifier. After a few days search on the net, I can only find one
> place to sell EI laminations and another one to sell toroidal core in
> small quantity. Since the company selling EI laminations only offers
> EI-112 and the price is high, so I decide to stick to toroidal core.
>
> My first question is: can I use a toroidal core made by grain oriented
> silicon steel to make a good PP output transformer?
>
Certainly NO!
There are three reasons:
1. It is extremely difficult to maintain required precision of turns
layout.
2. The wideband OPTs benefit from increased iron cross-section, this
is difficult with toroids.
3. A very small, but finite airgap is essential for any PP output
transformer. The natural gap of, say, 25um, which is present in a
double-C core is just what doctor has prescribed, the IE cores are
similar, the toroids are not.
There are also reasons for being sceptical about Plitron OPTs.
Best regards,
Denis N. Afanassyev