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, USA
Any 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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