Ed, the models in isSpice are pretty good. They have an extensive component database for real transformers and chokes from Coiltronics and others. Regards, Steve. At 12:37 PM 2/12/2004 -0500, Dr. Edward P. Sayre wrote: >Thomas and fellow SI-List colleagues: > >There is an excellent discussion of the circuit theory derivation of the >non-ideal transformer in Chapter 18, Sections 18.4 thru 18.7 in the >circuits text book "Analysis of Electric Cirucits", by Egon Brenner and >Mansour Javid, the McGraw Hill Electrical and Electronic Engineering >Series, McGraw Hill Book Company, Published in 1959. This is one of the >classic "black cover" books that McGraw Hill published over the years, >particularly during the 1950's and 1960's and documents the foundations of >modern circuit theory, fields and waves, complex variables, LaPlace >Transforms and other pertinent "analog" electrical engineering subject >matter. Unfortunately, I do not know for certain if the book is still in >print but I doubt it. The derivation also includes the inclusion of losses >for the linear x-former. > >Thanks for addressing this topic; it made me go looking back to find the >complete story. > >Sincerely, > >ed sayre >====================== >At 01:36 PM 1/29/2004 +0100, Thomas Beneken wrote: > >Hi John, > > > >you may find this helpful for a start. > > > > >From measurements: > >L1 is the open circuit inductance of the primary coil > >L2 is the open circuit inductance of the secondary coil > >Ls is the stray inductance measured on primary side with secondary coil > >shorted > > > >Calculated: > >Lp is effective primary inductance with Lp equals L1 minus Ls > >n is primary to secondary turn ratio with n equals sqare root (Lp div by L2) > >k is coupling factor with k equals square root (Lp div by L1) > >M is mutual inductance with M equals square root (Lp times L2) > > > >SPICE model for L1, L2, Ls: 45uH, 20uH, 5uH, k results in 0.943 > >L_L1 1 0 45u > >L_L2 2 0 20u > >K_K1 L_L1 L_L2 0.943 Kbreak > > > >Tweak the equations as needed (What is in that data sheet?). You can put in > >non-linearity by editing a core model (instead of Kbreak). Model parameters > >are e.g. flux area, flux path length, gap, saturation factor. > > > >Thomas > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:46 AM > > > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [SI-LIST] Digest Number 985 > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:40:58 -0600 > > > From: Chuong Nguyen <johnnguy@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Transformer Spice Model > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does any one know how to construct a transformer's spice > > > model from its > > > datasheet? > > > > > > thanks, > > > jcn > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from si-list: > >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > > >For help: > >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > >List technical documents are available at: > > http://www.si-list.org > > > >List archives are viewable at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > >or at our remote archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > > > > > > >!DSPAM:4018ffb6216741072821047! > > > > >+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ >| NORTH EAST SYSTEMS ASSOCIATES, INC. | >| ------------------------------------- | >| "High Performance Engineering & Design" | >+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ >| Dr. Ed Sayre e-mail: esayre@xxxxxxxx | >| NESA, Inc. http://www.nesa.com/ | >| Primrose Park Tel +1.978.392-8787 | >| 5 LAN Drive, Ste 200 Fax +1.978.392-8686 | >| Westford, MA 01886 | >+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu