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High Frequency Distributed Gap

Inductor Cores

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Typical DC Hysteresis Loop

Metglas® Alloy 2605SA1

POWERLITE® C-Cores are manufactured

with iron based Metglas® amorphous Alloy
2605SA1. Their unique combination of low
loss and high saturation flux density provide
for size reduction and improvements in
energy efficiency making them an ideal
solution for automotive inductor applications

Benefits
Manufactured in a variety of ultra-efficient core
configurations, POWERLITE C-Cores provide
significant cost, design and performance benefits
over ordinary Si-Fe, ferrite and MPP cores such as:

• High Saturation Flux Density (1.56 T)

• Low Profile – enables weight and volume reductions of up to 50%
• Low Temperature Rise – enabling smaller compact designs
• Low Loss – resulting from micro-thin Metglas ribbon (25 µm)

Physical Properties METGLAS Alloy 2605SA1 Magnetic Properties METGLAS Powerlite Cores

Ribbon Thickness (µm) .25 Saturation Flux Density (Tesla) 1.56

Density (g/cm3) 7.18 Permeability (depending on gap size) VARIABLE
Thermal Expansion (ppm/°C) 7.6 Saturation Magnetostriction (ppm) 27
Crystallization Temperature (°C) 505 Electrical Resistivity (µ cm) 137
Curie Temperature (°C) 392
Continuous Service Temperature (°C) 150
Tensile Strength (MN/m2) 1k-1.7k
Elastic Modulus (GN/m2) 100-110
Vicker’s Hardness (50g load) 860

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Core Loss vs. Flux Density* @ 25°C

100 kHz
POWERLITE

50 kHz
POWERLITE

20 kHz
POWERLITE
Core Loss (W/kg)

10 kHz
POWERLITE

5 kHz
POWERLITE

Pcore(W/kg) = 6.5 ƒ(kHz)1.51 B(T)1.74

1 W/kg = 7.18 mW/Cm3

Flux Density (T)

* These curves were determined from ac data; use 1/2 the actual .B to determine core loss for unidirectional applications.

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Saturation Induction vs. Temperature

Saturation Flux Density (kGauss)

Saturation Flux Density (T)

1.5 15

1.0 10

.5 5
20 100 200 300 400
Temperature (°C )

Permeability vs. Temperature

5
4
3
2
% Permeability Change

1
0
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9
-10
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Temperature (°C )

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Standard Core Specifications

Core Dimensions P er for m ance P a ramet ers

a(mm) ± b(mm) c(mm) d(mm) ± e(mm) ± f(mm) ± (lm) ac Wa Ap
(gms)
cm (cm2) (cm2) (cm4)

AMCC 4 9.00 0.50 10.50 32.75 15.25 0.25 28.50 0.50 51.00 1.00 12.70 1.11 3.44 3.82 102
AMCC 6.3 10.0 0.50 11.00 33.0 20.00 0.50 31.00 1.00 53.00 2.00 13.10 1.60 3.60 5.80 150
AMCC 10 11.0 0.80 13.00 40.0 20.00 0.50 35.00 1.00 62.00 2.00 15.40 1.80 5.20 9.40 200
AMCC 8 11.0 0.80 13.00 30.0 20.00 0.50 35.00 1.00 52.00 2.00 13.20 1.80 3.90 7.00 170
AMCC 16B 11.0 0.80 13.00 50.0 25.00 0.50 35.00 1.00 72.00 2.00 16.90 2.30 6.50 15.0 280
AMCC 16A 11.0 0.80 13.00 40.0 25.00 0.50 35.00 1.00 62.00 2.00 15.10 2.30 5.20 12.0 250
AMCC 20 11.0 0.80 13.00 50.0 30.00 0.50 35.00 1.00 72.00 2.00 17.50 2.70 6.50 17.6 340
AMCC 40 13.0 0.80 15.00 56.0 35.00 0.50 41.00 1.00 82.00 2.00 19.90 3.70 8.40 31.1 530
AMCC 25 13.0 0.80 15.00 56.0 25.00 0.50 41.00 1.00 82.00 2.00 19.60 2.70 8.40 22.7 380
AMCC 32 13.0 0.80 15.00 56.0 30.00 0.50 41.00 1.00 82.00 2.00 20.00 3.20 8.40 26.9 460
AMCC 50 16.0 1.00 20.00 70.0 25.00 0.50 52.00 1.00 102.0 3.00 24.90 3.30 14.0 46.2 590
AMCC 63 16.0 1.00 20.00 70.0 30.00 0.50 52.00 1.00 102.0 3.00 25.30 3.90 14.0 54.6 710
AMCC 80 16.0 1.00 20.00 70.0 40.00 1.00 52.00 1.00 102.0 3.00 25.40 5.20 14.0 72.8 950
AMCC 100 16.0 1.00 20.00 70.0 45.00 1.00 52.00 1.00 102.0 3.00 25.00 5.90 14.0 82.6 1,060
AMCC 160 19.0 1.00 25.00 83.0 40.00 1.00 63.00 1.00 121.0 3.00 28.50 6.50 20.8 135.2 1,330
AMCC 125 19.0 1.00 25.00 83.0 35.00 1.00 63.00 1.00 121.0 3.00 30.20 5.40 20.8 112.1 1,170
AMCC 250 19.0 1.00 25.00 90.0 60.00 1.00 63.00 1.00 128.0 3.00 31.40 9.30 22.5 209.3 2,100
AMCC 200 19.0 1.00 25.00 83.0 50.00 1.00 63.00 1.00 121.0 3.00 29.80 7.80 20.8 162.2 1,670
AMCC 168S 20.4 0.50 30.20 155.2 20.00 0.50 71.00 0.75 196.0 2.00 45.40 3.35 45.7 153.0 1,090
AMCC 320 22.0 1.00 35.00 85.0 50.00 1.00 79.00 1.00 129.0 4.00 32.50 9.00 29.8 267.8 2,170
AMCC 400 22.0 1.00 35.00 85.0 65.00 1.00 79.00 1.00 129.0 4.00 33.60 11.7 29.8 348.1 2,820
AMCC 500 25.0 1.00 40.00 85.0 55.00 1.00 90.00 1.00 135.0 4.00 35.60 11.3 34.0 384.2 2,900
AMCC 630 25.0 1.00 40.00 85.0 70.00 1.00 90.00 1.00 135.0 4.00 35.60 14.3 34.0 486.2 3,670
AMCC 800A 25.0 1.00 40.00 85.0 85.00 1.50 90.00 1.00 135.0 4.00 35.60 17.4 34.0 591.6 4,450
AMCC 367S 25.8 1.00 66.00 97.8 25.00 0.70 117.6 1.50 149.4 1.50 43.78 5.29 63.8 338.0 1,662
AMCC 800B 30.0 1.00 40.00 95.0 85.00 1.50 100.0 1.00 155.0 4.00 39.30 21.0 38.0 798.0 5,930
AMCC 1000 33.0 1.00 40.00 105.0 85.00 1.50 106.0 1.00 171.0 5.00 42.70 23.0 42.0 966.0 7,060

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