New Industry Products

SMT Power Inductors Certified for Automotive Applications

November 22, 2015 by Jeff Shepard

TT Electronics today launched a new range of SMT power inductors for high frequency and high temperature applications. Named the HA65A series these inductors are designed to meet the requirements of the growing automotive market's need for certified, high power inductors specifically for buck, boost or buck-boost power converter topologies for optimum voltage regulation at fast switching frequencies.

Optimized for consistent high efficiency and 'low parasitic' performance using low-loss ferrite core material and a helical coil configuration, the HA65A series inductors are designed for high density switching power applications such as dc-dc converters, low pass ripple current filters and EMI filters. The extremely robust inductors embrace a very wide operating temperature range of -40 to +155 degrees C, so are well equipped to operate safely and reliably in the most punishing of automotive applications.

The HA65A series inductors' low dc resistance (DCR) figures and low core loss deliver higher overall system efficiency. Their shielded design improves system level EMI performance, and the inductors' carry an AEC-Q200 Rev D, Grade 1 automotive certification. These 'automotive certified' inductors are expected to be of interest to system designers, component engineers, design engineers, purchasers and buyers for use in automotive powertrain, hybrid electric vehicles, start-and-stop systems and electric power steering.