TY - JOUR
T1 - To enhance the efficiency of a power supply circuit by the use of Fe-P-B-Nb-type ultralow loss glassy metal core
AU - Matsumoto, H.
AU - Urata, A.
AU - Yamada, Y.
AU - Makino, A.
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The inductor in a power supply is required to be capable of dealing satisfactorily with the high-current supply and to improve the power loss characteristic. A novel glassy metal powder with a chemical composition Fe77 P7 B13 Nb3 features both a high saturated magnetic flux density of 1.3 T and a low coercive force of 2.0 A/m, which has a stable amorphous structure suitable for glassy metal composite cores. Hence there is no magnetic saturation even under a high-current supply, and it is confirmed to have significantly low magnetic loss resulting from the low coercive force. As a result of using the glassy metal alloy Fe77 P7 B13 Nb3 powder in an inductor core, we have achieved improvement in power supply efficiency by up to roughly 2.0%. Moreover, the reduction in the standby power requirement by the improvement in the power supply efficiency in the low load current case, where the core loss occupies a high ratio in the entire loss, can be expected. Additionally, heat generation in a core is suppressed by using the low loss powder, and it becomes easy to design a temperature rise in the entire power supply circuit.
AB - The inductor in a power supply is required to be capable of dealing satisfactorily with the high-current supply and to improve the power loss characteristic. A novel glassy metal powder with a chemical composition Fe77 P7 B13 Nb3 features both a high saturated magnetic flux density of 1.3 T and a low coercive force of 2.0 A/m, which has a stable amorphous structure suitable for glassy metal composite cores. Hence there is no magnetic saturation even under a high-current supply, and it is confirmed to have significantly low magnetic loss resulting from the low coercive force. As a result of using the glassy metal alloy Fe77 P7 B13 Nb3 powder in an inductor core, we have achieved improvement in power supply efficiency by up to roughly 2.0%. Moreover, the reduction in the standby power requirement by the improvement in the power supply efficiency in the low load current case, where the core loss occupies a high ratio in the entire loss, can be expected. Additionally, heat generation in a core is suppressed by using the low loss powder, and it becomes easy to design a temperature rise in the entire power supply circuit.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3059613
DO - 10.1063/1.3059613
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65249166893
VL - 105
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
SN - 0021-8979
IS - 7
M1 - 07A317
ER -