Picking an inductor

May 26, 2016 2 Replies

Hi all, silly question. (And I'll most likely just pick something before I get an answer.)



So just a simple LP filter for a power supply rail. (SMPS, at ~100-200 kHz.) manufacturer recommends ~10-47 uH (I picked 22 uH) and 22 uF.) max current is 500 mA.. typical current is ~100 mA. On to digikey. After putting in the inductance, current ratings (saturation) for 500mA to 2 A, and shielded, I'm left with



173 options.

My usual approach then is to sort them by amount of stock, and pick something in the top ten.



Which got me to this puppy,

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Does that seem reasonable?



Depends on what B fields are flying around--it's unshielded, and so can transmit and receive. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net

It's listed as "shielded". Which I guess means it's not as bad as an open ended coil. There is ~50-100 mV of ripple, so a little local pickup should be fine.

George H.

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