US2813256A - Inductance controllable by premagnetisation - Google Patents

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US2813256A
US2813256A US453376A US45337654A US2813256A US 2813256 A US2813256 A US 2813256A US 453376 A US453376 A US 453376A US 45337654 A US45337654 A US 45337654A US 2813256 A US2813256 A US 2813256A
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Gerard Willem Van Oosterhout
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F21/00—Variable inductances or transformers of the signal type
    • H01F21/02—Variable inductances or transformers of the signal type continuously variable, e.g. variometers
    • H01F21/08—Variable inductances or transformers of the signal type continuously variable, e.g. variometers by varying the permeability of the core, e.g. by varying magnetic bias
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    • H01F29/14—Variable transformers or inductances not covered by group H01F21/00 with variable magnetic bias
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  • controllable inductances comprising a coil arranged between the poles of an electromagnet and having a closed ferromagnetic core whose permeability may be varied by varying the strength of a premagnetising (polarising) field brought about by the electromagnet.
  • Such devices may be used in, for example, controllable oscillatory circuits, magnetic amplifiers, trigger circuits (flip-flops), etc.
  • the coil is usually connected, in series with a fixed impedance, to an altermating-current source, the current traversing the impedance being controlled by the current in the electromagnet.
  • the core Vmust have as small dimensions as possible, more particularly at high frequencies of the current traversing the coil.
  • the very small dimensions ofthe coil that are desirable at high frequencies render the manufacture and the assembly of core and winding very difficult.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a construction by which the said difliculties are obviated as much as possible.
  • the core comprises two yoke parts ofY sintered ferromagnetic material which are secured to a support of magnetically-indifferent, i. e. nonmagnetic, material and each of which exhibits at least one flat ground surface, which ground surfaces are inline with one another, the core furthermore comprising at least two core rods of sintered ferromagnetic material surrounded by windings, which rods at their extremities likewise exhibit ground surfaces which engage the first-mentioned ground surfaces and which constitute a magnetic connection between the yoke parts.
  • Figs. 3 and 4 show a second embodiment in the same way.
  • the device shown in Figs. l and 2 comprises an electromagnet having a core which is substantially pot-shaped and which comprises a ring 1 and two matching covers 3 and 5 of electrically-poorly-conductive, sintered, ferromagnetic material, for example, cubic ferrite.
  • a field winding or coil 7 is housed in the box or pot formed by the said parts.
  • the central part of the core comprises two annular parts and 11, likewise of sintered ferromagnetic material, the extremities of which are secured to a tubular supporting member 13, coaxial with the ring 1, of magnetically-indifferent material, for example glass.
  • the rings 9 and 11 comprise flat ground surfaces on each side of the tube 13, which surfaces are located pairwise in line with one another, that is to say in the same plane.
  • the said rings also constitute the yoke pieces of a closed ferromagentic core which furthermore comprises f'ce two small flat rods 15 and 17 of poorly-conductive, sintered, ferromagnetic material, of which at least the extremities likewise exhibit ground surfaces which engage the said ground surface of the rings 9 and 11 and form a magnetic coupling between them.
  • the rods 15 and 17 are surrounded by windings 19 and 21 which may be connected in series and which constitute an inductance, the value of which may be controlled by premagnetisation (polarisation) of the core rods 15 and 17, which premagnetisation may be obtained by means of the winding 7 of the coil and the core 1, 3, 5, 9, 11 co-operating therewith.
  • the premagnetising field brought about by a current traversing the winding 7 spatially has the same direction in the core rods 15 and 17, whereas the field produced by windings 19 and 21 is spatially oppositely directed in the core rods 15 and 17, so that the two coil systems comprising the winding 7 on the one hand and the windings 19 and 21 on the other are not coupled together. If the coil 19, 21 is traversed by, for example, high-frequency current, the voltage set up across the said coil may be varied by variations in the current flowing through the coil 7.
  • the core rods 15 and 17 should be of a very small cross-section, for example, O.3 l mm. This may readily be realised with the construction described, since the rods 15 and 17 are manufactured as individual parts and may be ground in a simple manner on a flat grindstone and after the windings 19 and 21 have been provided, be secured to the assembly comprising the supporting member 13 and the rings 9 and 11, for example by gluing.
  • the assembly thus obtained is comparatively rigid despite the brittleness of the very thin cores 15 and 17 and can be handled very well during the manufacture owing to the rigidity of the assembly 9, 11, 13, in which the tube 13 constitutes a strong support.
  • the said assembly is preliminarily manufactured by gluing the yoke pieces 9 and 11 to the tube 13, it being possible for the length of the assembly to be matched as acculrately as possible to the spacing between the upper and lower sides of the covers 3 and 5 by providing an elastically expanding member, for example a compression spring, between the rings 9 and 11 before the glue solidifies and leaving the assembly Within the pot 1, 3, 5 till the glue solidifies.
  • the assembly 9, 11, 13 is subsequently removed from the pot and the ground surfaces are provided with the aid of a flat grindstone (see Fig. 2), whereafter the core rods 15, 17 and their windings 19, 21 are secured thereto by gluing with a suitable adhesive.
  • a flat grindstone see Fig. 2
  • the length of the rods 15 and 17 is not critical, provided it is somewhat shorter than the inner height of the pot 1, 3, 5.
  • the Contact surface between the rods 15, 17 and the rings 9, 11 is comparatively large, so that the air gaps which exist between the rods and the rings bring about only a small increase in the magnetic reluctance of the closed magnetic circuit formed by the rods and the rings.
  • the engaging surfaces of the ring 1, the covers 3, 5 and the rings 9, 11 are also preferably ground, so that the air-gaps between these parts also constitutes only small obstacles for the premagnetising field of the coil 7.
  • the core rods 15 and 17 may be secured to the assembly 9, 11, 13 under mechanical tensile stress or compression stress, for example by utilising for the carrier 13 a material of which the coefficient of expansion greatly differs from that of the rods 15 and 17 and by drying the glue at a comparatively high temperature.
  • the mechanical stress may bring about a variation in the course of the magnetisation curve, so that a more advantageous course may be obtained for determined purposes.
  • a rod-like permanent magnet 23 for example of ceramic permanent magnetic material, may be arranged in the tube 13, which material must have a low permeability to prevent the magnet 23 from constituting a magnetic short-circuit of the core rods 15 and 17.
  • Figs. 3 and 4 show a second embodiment in which, instead of utilising the rings 9 and 11, use is made of two half ferromagnetic yoke pieces 25 and 27 in the form of segments of a circle, of which the adjacent straight sides are flat and enclose between them the core rods which in this case have to have flat, parallel sides.
  • the yoke pieces 25 and 27 are supported by, for example, porcelain columns 29.
  • a sufficiently accurate fit inside the pot 1, 3, may be obtained by gluing together in a templet the assembly comprising the parts 15, 17, 27, 29which have preliminarily beeniprovided with the required ground surfaces.
  • Arcontrollable inductance comprising a substantially closed body of sintered ferromagnetic material and having opposing wall portions, a closed magnetic circuit mounted Within said closed body and comprising a first pair of spaced members of sintered ferromagnetic material each secured to an opposite wall portion of said closedV body and a second pair of spaced rod-like bodies of sintered ferromagnetic material secured to and between said rst pair of spaced members, said first pair of spaced members having aligned flat surfaces lying in a common plane, the ends of said second pair of spaced bodies also having flat surfaces and engaging said flat surfaces of said first pair of spaced members, a non-magnetic support member secured to and maintaining said spaced member in position, a pair of separate windings each encircling one of said rod-like members for carrying alternating current and exhibiting a given amount of inductance, and a coil within the closed body and sur-l rounding the closed magnetic circuit for producing, when traversed by current, a controllable premagnetization of the
  • non-magnetic support member is substantially first pair of fcylindrical in form and is mounted coaxially relative to the closed body.
  • An inductive device comprising a closed magnetic circuit including a pair of spaced ferromagnetic members, a support of non-magnetic material secured to and maintaining said members in spaced relationship, said spaced members having aligned flat surfaces lying in a common plane, at least two, spaced, thin, fragile, sintered ferromagnetic, rod-like members having flat surfacesron their ends, adhesive means securing the rod-like members at their flat surfaces to said fiat surfaces of the spaced members, a winding encircling one only of said rod-like members, and means including a coil surroundingsaid closed magnetic circuit forV producingV a controllable magnetic field in the same direction through the rod-like members to thereby control the inductance exhibited by said device whencurrent traverses the winding.

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US2988716A (en) * 1957-10-14 1961-06-13 Radio Condenser Co Tuner
US2997584A (en) * 1958-02-19 1961-08-22 Motorola Inc Saturable core tuning inductor
US6639495B2 (en) 2001-03-12 2003-10-28 Fmc Technologies, Inc. Electromagnetic actuator for intrinsically safe devices
WO2006003111A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-12 Areva T & D Uk Ltd Magnetic circuit device

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FR860000A (fr) * 1938-07-20 1941-01-03 Fides Dispositif d'enroulement à haute fréquence, auquel est adjoint pour la variation de son inductivité, un système d'excitation à champ continu, magnétique, réglable
CH256099A (de) * 1942-07-21 1948-07-31 Lorenz C Ag Einrichtung mit in ihrer Selbstinduktivität regelbarer Hochfrequenzspule.
US2462423A (en) * 1944-07-15 1949-02-22 Wladimir J Polydoroff Ferromagnetic variable highfrequency inductor
US2633561A (en) * 1952-06-05 1953-03-31 Gen Electric Saturable core converter
US2703391A (en) * 1952-03-07 1955-03-01 Charles F Gunderson Saturable reactor

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FR845803A (fr) * 1937-11-08 1939-09-04 Fides Gmbh Système magnétique pour l'induction d'une ou plusieurs bobines de self-induction par pré-aimantation
FR860000A (fr) * 1938-07-20 1941-01-03 Fides Dispositif d'enroulement à haute fréquence, auquel est adjoint pour la variation de son inductivité, un système d'excitation à champ continu, magnétique, réglable
CH256099A (de) * 1942-07-21 1948-07-31 Lorenz C Ag Einrichtung mit in ihrer Selbstinduktivität regelbarer Hochfrequenzspule.
US2462423A (en) * 1944-07-15 1949-02-22 Wladimir J Polydoroff Ferromagnetic variable highfrequency inductor
US2703391A (en) * 1952-03-07 1955-03-01 Charles F Gunderson Saturable reactor
US2633561A (en) * 1952-06-05 1953-03-31 Gen Electric Saturable core converter

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US2988716A (en) * 1957-10-14 1961-06-13 Radio Condenser Co Tuner
US2997584A (en) * 1958-02-19 1961-08-22 Motorola Inc Saturable core tuning inductor
US6639495B2 (en) 2001-03-12 2003-10-28 Fmc Technologies, Inc. Electromagnetic actuator for intrinsically safe devices
WO2006003111A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-12 Areva T & D Uk Ltd Magnetic circuit device

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