Wow, hate to even get involved in this thread, but...Sure, inductance will vary with the rate at which the current is changing in the inductor (it has to). Phenomenon like current bunching in a coil, long solenoid coils at high frequency, etc. will have a different inductance in one portion of the coil as compared to another. The lumped average over the entire coil would be the effective inductance which the coil will use for it's LC resonance. Hard to measure things like that however and they are best viewed with software. Software predicts this also. We've all heard of high frequency inductances and capacitances.. This is simply "that".
However, I have no clue what that has to do with Hammers circuit. The bottom line is that the coil will have an inductance at some frequency. Although it will vary from say a low frequency inductance, it will not change enough at the resonant frequency to make any difference. The IGBT's have a "known" delay, and the circuit is a simple way to provide a consistent zero crossing prediction.
Bart B. Anderson Modesto, CA USA Lau, Gary wrote:
Inductance changes as the current through it changes? I don't think I've ever heard that before. As most inductors are used in AC circuits and the currents are constantly changing, that would be basically all inductor all the time. Please clarify? Gary Lau MA, USAAny time the current is changing dynamically the inductance also changes --- it pure physics and basic E.E., not smoke and mirrors. D.C. Cox
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