This is a re-visitation of a particular ferrite toroid core that I had demonstrated years ago that had anomalous voltage levels. The two pdfs below explain my findings back then and this is an application of that core within an operating circuit.
The schematic of the test is shown below and a scope pix is also shown.
The frequency is 50kHz and the measurements are shown with statistical analysis of many measurement cycles. The vertical deflection is adjusted for near full screen and at this frequency the resolution is ~12 bits. Also note the horizontal sampling at 1Meg points.
Using the mean values, the output power is 2.151^2/500 = 9.25mw. Therefore, the apparent COP = 9.25/4.372 = 2.12.
The question is, what is the cause of this core's anomaly?
Regards, Pm
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