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Article

Improved Rectangular Extension of Steinmetz Equation Including Small and Large Excitation Signals with DC Bias

by
Piotr Szczerba
* and
Cezary Worek
Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications, Institute of Electronics, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
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Electronics 2025, 14(14), 2883; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14142883
Submission received: 19 June 2025 / Revised: 11 July 2025 / Accepted: 15 July 2025 / Published: 18 July 2025

Abstract

The core loss of the ferrite-based magnetic components is usually characterized by the well-known Steinmetz equation and its derivatives. This occurs when the magnitude of the excitation signal is high enough; otherwise, the core loss is defined by the complex permeability. These two models are based on different assumptions, and thus, this paper aims to combine the large- and small-signal core loss models into a single, unified model. Moreover, the paper presents improvements to the existing state-of-the-art core loss model, specifically regarding the influence of the switching duty-cycle of rectangular excitation signals and the DC bias.
Keywords: rectangular extension of Steinmetz equation; ferrite core loss; DC bias; complex permeability; reversible permeability rectangular extension of Steinmetz equation; ferrite core loss; DC bias; complex permeability; reversible permeability

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Szczerba, P.; Worek, C. Improved Rectangular Extension of Steinmetz Equation Including Small and Large Excitation Signals with DC Bias. Electronics 2025, 14, 2883. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14142883

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Szczerba P, Worek C. Improved Rectangular Extension of Steinmetz Equation Including Small and Large Excitation Signals with DC Bias. Electronics. 2025; 14(14):2883. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14142883

Chicago/Turabian Style

Szczerba, Piotr, and Cezary Worek. 2025. "Improved Rectangular Extension of Steinmetz Equation Including Small and Large Excitation Signals with DC Bias" Electronics 14, no. 14: 2883. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14142883

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Szczerba, P., & Worek, C. (2025). Improved Rectangular Extension of Steinmetz Equation Including Small and Large Excitation Signals with DC Bias. Electronics, 14(14), 2883. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14142883

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