WO2000054302A1 - Formation au laser d'entrefers dans des tores magnetiques - Google Patents

Formation au laser d'entrefers dans des tores magnetiques Download PDF

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WO2000054302A1
WO2000054302A1 PCT/US2000/002231 US0002231W WO0054302A1 WO 2000054302 A1 WO2000054302 A1 WO 2000054302A1 US 0002231 W US0002231 W US 0002231W WO 0054302 A1 WO0054302 A1 WO 0054302A1
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inductance
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Larry D. Rund
Richard P. Hewitt
Stuart O. Sigafoos
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Datatronic Distribution Incorporated
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Priority to EP00905805A priority patent/EP1212774A4/fr
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Priority to HK02108993.8A priority patent/HK1049230A1/zh

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F41/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties
    • H01F41/02—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for manufacturing cores, coils, or magnets
    • H01F41/0206—Manufacturing of magnetic cores by mechanical means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F3/00—Cores, Yokes, or armatures
    • H01F3/10—Composite arrangements of magnetic circuits
    • H01F3/14—Constrictions; Gaps, e.g. air-gaps

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  • the present invention generally relates to methods for avoiding DC current magnetization m magnetic cores, and in particular to use of lasers m the manufacture of magnetic cores so as to break DC magnetizing paths in the cores.
  • Transformers need to be made with soft materials: the magnetic particles must be able to switch direction quickly to concentrate the winding field. A magnetized core will inhibit the transformer action. In practical transformer circuits, it is sometimes necessary to allow a direct current (DC) to flow through a winding. This DC component magnetizes the core and adversely affects the properties of the transformer. To counteract the effects of the direct current, the core must be "gapped", i.e. physically broken so that it does not provide a magnetic path in a complete, continuous circle.
  • DC direct current
  • This gap breaks the magnetic flux inside the core so as to keep the core material from aligning with the direct current, freeing the material to align with the alternating current, i.e. the signal which is to be operated on by the transformer.
  • the amount of gap is dependent upon the operating characteristics required by the transformer.
  • the inductance of the core is indirectly proportional to the width of the gap.
  • Direct current capacity i.e. the ability to handle direct current in the windings without saturating the core
  • High frequency circuits usually need lower inductance, so gapped cores find many uses, such as in switch mode power supplies which have higher direct current.
  • the core gapping process would physically break the core (e.g. as shown at junction 21 in Figure 2A) into pieces 22 as shown in Figure 2A and re-assemble the pieces 22 with gapping paper or other non-magnetic material 23 as shown in Figure 2B, using an adhesive. Cores gapped using this method require fixturing to hold the core in position while the adhesive cures.
  • Cores may also be sliced (with a saw blade) on one side, and filled with an adhesive material. These methods are slow and time consuming. Further, when a manufacturing process involves multiple cores it is necessary to assure that the pieces match when reassembled. Also, the core material is brittle and may crack or chip at undesired locations, producing extra gaps and rendering the core useless. The core surface must be maintained to allow the winding of wire over the core without interference. When gapping cores less than 0.5 inches in diameter, this process becomes difficult due to the small size of the core, which makes it difficult to hold the core in position during the curing phase.
  • the present invention is a method for gapping a magnetic core, particularly applicable for small toroid cores less than .5 inches in diameter, by coating the core with a stabilizing material, fracturing the core with a laser beam, opening the fracture to set a desired inductance, and sealing the core gap.
  • the core is opened by inserting a wedge into the core internal diameter and using the wedge to spread apart the fracture, meanwhile monitoring the inductance of the core until a desired inductance is reached. A conductor through the center of the core is sufficient to measure the inductance.
  • the core gap is then sealed by submersion in a low viscosity adhesive (e.g. epoxy) bath in a vacuum, then returning the submerged core to atmospheric pressure, thereby impregnating the fracture with epoxy.
  • the core is then removed from the epoxy bath, cleaned of excess epoxy and cured in an oven.
  • the inductance is checked and adjusted .
  • Figure 1A is a side view of a toroidal ferrite core
  • figure IB is a top view of a toroidal ferrite core.
  • Figure 2A shows a toroidal ferrite core cut in half in accordance with a prior art technique
  • Figure 2B shows ferrite core halves assembled together with adhesive to establish a gap in accordance with the prior art.
  • Figure 3A shows a cross section of a toroidal ferrite core
  • Figure 3B shows an enlarged view of one side of the toroid after coating with parylene in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 4A shows a side view of a coated toroidal ferrite core mounted in position for application of a laser in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 4B shows a cross section of a coated toroidal ferrite core following application of a laser
  • Figure 4C shows a top view of a coated toroidal ferrite core following application of a laser
  • Figure 5 shows a side view of a core, having a wedge conductor inserted into the center of the core to adjust the core gap in accordance with the invention .
  • FIG. 1A there is shown a side view of a typical toroidal ferrite core 10 having an interior diameter 11 and a toroidal axis 12.
  • FIG. 1B A top view of the core is shown in Figure IB.
  • the first step in practice of the invention is to coat the ferrite core with a stabilizing material providing the properties necessary to complete the remaining steps.
  • the stabilizing material a) must hold the ferrite core together when the core is fractured with a laser, so that the core does not separate completely; b) must maintain a seal over the surface of the core, including i) a seal over sharp edges at the point of fracture, when the fracture is expanding during the gapping step, and ii) a seal at the edges of the core so that the edges do not pierce the insulation on the wire used to wrap the core in typical transformer applications; c) must maintain openings in the seal created by the laser, so that epoxy or other adhesive may be flowed into the expanded fracture to set the gap; and d) must be pliable but without memory so that the core is able to expand without the coating squeezing it back together again, hence, closing the gap.
  • One material having these properties is parylene, but other suitable materials may also be used.
  • the coating step may be understood with reference to Figures 3A and 3B, to which we now turn.
  • a side view of the core 10 is shown in Figure 3A, with a ferrite surface 30.
  • the coating may be applied with a vacuum deposition process or other process known in the art.
  • a suitable coating thickness is between two tenths of mil (.0002 inches) and five mils (.005 inches) of parylene.
  • a cross section 31 of core 10 is enlarged as shown in Figure 3B with reference to alignment arrow 35 to show the coating as a shaded area around the outside of the core surface 30, with a thickness 33 between the core surface 30 and the outer surface 32 of the coating. Note that the coating material maintains the integrity of the seal over the edge 34.
  • the coated core is positioned in preparation for the laser fracturing step.
  • Each core must be held in place so that it can be struck with a laser beam.
  • robotic means can be used to pick cores from a bowl feeder (not shown) and place each of them on a platform 41 to be held in place while the core is hit by a laser in one or multiple places, depending on the gapping required.
  • a surface 41 may have a button 42 sized just smaller than inside diameter 11 of the core, with the coated core 40 being placed thereon by robotic means and thereby aligned in position for use of a laser 43 to generate a laser beam (indicated by broken arrow 44) parallel to core axis 12 to crack the core at one of the core's horizontal surfaces 45.
  • this will be done in several places around the toroidal surface of the core, to provide optimum results, depending upon the inductance desired, for the finished core .
  • FIG. 4B shows an enlarged cross section of the right half of Figure 4A, the heat generated by the beam 44 from laser 43 burns a hole 46 in the coating 48; also, the rapid rise in temperature caused by the laser on the surface of the core creates fractures 47 in the underlying core material, thus tending to separate the core. It is not known by the applicants how the fractures are structured in microscopic detail.
  • lasers there are a variety of lasers that may be used to produce laser beam 44.
  • pulse lasers e.g. yag, C0 2 , helium
  • a laser is used whose energy can be applied to a core in a controlled manner in a production environment.
  • a diode laser has been found to produce satisfactory results, with nominal values of 25 watts applied for 100 milliseconds per hole on a quarter inch core coated with parylene as described above.
  • a top view of the core 40 is shown in Figure 4C, showing laser created holes 46 in the coating material in two places on opposite sides of the core, and also showing a top view of the above described representation of fractures 47 shown in the cross section of Figure 4B.
  • a fracture line as indicated the line 47 in Figure 4B is visible on the surface, along with laser holes 46.
  • Laser holes 46 may be created in one or more places on the surface of the core 40; two holes are shown in Figure 4C for purposes of illustration of the best mode of practicing the invention .
  • the core is opened to set the required inductance.
  • a wedge 51 is inserted (in the direction shown by arrow 52) perpendicular to the horizontal surfaces 55 into the interior diameter of the core 50.
  • the wedge 51 is a tapered conductor 51 connected to an electronic measuring device (not shown) for measuring the inductance of the core 50.
  • the interior wall of the core 50 is shown in cross section by the broken lines 53. At some point during insertion in the direction of arrow 52 the increasing width of tapered conductor 51 will become equal to the interior diameter of the core 50 and begin acting as a wedge, placing an outward stress on the core at the interior wall 53.
  • the stabilizing material which has been used to coat the core stretches during the insertion step and contracts when the core is squeezed together, and tends to retain its stretched or contacted condition, thereby allowing the core to substantially retain the inductance level reached from using the wedge to expand the gap or squeezing to reduce the gap.
  • these steps are repeated until the desired inductance is reached .
  • the core gaps are then sealed to prevent further separation or contraction.
  • This can be accomplished by a number of means including vacuum impregnating the core with epoxy.
  • the cores are submerged in a low viscosity epoxy material and then put into a medium to high vacuum. This may be understood with reference to the cross section shown in Figure 4B.
  • the epoxy within which the cores are submerged is pushed through opening 46 into the core material when the cores -- still submerged in the epoxy bath -- are returned to atmospheric pressure, thereby filling the fractures 47.
  • This foregoing method is inexpensive and suited to high volume production.
  • Other sealing methods might include an ultraviolet curing agent, an alpha-cyanoacrylic cement (super glue), or other adhesives that meet the requirements of the transformer.
  • the cores are then removed from the epoxy and cleaned of excess epoxy.
  • the gap can then be checked again by measuring the inductance, and further adjustments can be made by using the wedge or squeezing the core together, as indicated above.
  • the cores are put into an oven to cure the epoxy.
  • the cores now have filled and bonded gaps (so the gaps cannot open or close) and have the same physical and mechanical properties as they started with.
  • the inductance is established by the laser fracturing step, roughly dependent upon the size of the ferrite core, the amount of heat produced by the laser, the number and distribution of laser fractures on the core, and the thickness and heat capacity of the stabilizing material.
  • the step of setting the inductance prior to sealing the core is omitted, and instead the inductance is measured after the core has been sealed. Adjustments may be made before the core is cured.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de formation d'entrefers dans un tore de ferrite (10), qui consiste à revêtir ledit tore d'un matériau stabilisant (32), à fracturer ledit noyau à l'aide d'un faisceau laser (44) et à créer ainsi un ou plusieurs entrefers (47) dans le champ magnétique du noyau, et éventuellement à ouvrir la fracture, de sorte que l'inductance voulue soit obtenue, et à fermer ledit entrefer.
PCT/US2000/002231 1999-03-11 2000-01-31 Formation au laser d'entrefers dans des tores magnetiques WO2000054302A1 (fr)

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