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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Barend Visser, Potchefstroom, ZA;
Petrus Paulus Kruger, Potchefstroom, ZA;
Barend Visser, Potchefstroom, ZA;
Petrus Paulus Kruger, Potchefstroom, ZA;
North-West University, Potchefstroom, ZA;
Abstract
The transformer () comprises a core (), a primary winding () and a secondary winding. The core comprises an elongate limb () having a main axis () and comprising a plurality of segments (to) of a magnetic material and gaps (to−1) between segments arranged in alternating relationship along the main axis (). The main axis () is parallel to a direction of a magnetic field in the limb (). Each gap has a linear segment separating extent (gj which is parallel to the main axis (). The value of n is larger than three and the gaps are filled with an isolation medium ().