cupoftea
Advanced Member level 5
Hi,
In the past, always used shielded inductors for low voltage DCDC’s….but does it really matter?.....can an unshielded inductor be used instead?...they are much much cheaper.
Eg, supposing doing a Boost converter, 60kHz, 3W, 12Vin, 16Vout….using shielded inductor RFS1113-104ME (100uH) or unshielded inductor RLB1314-101 (100uH).
RLB1314-101 (100uH).
RFS1113-104ME (100uH)
https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2017955.pdf
Is it going to make any difference?
In the past, always used shielded inductors for low voltage DCDC’s….but does it really matter?.....can an unshielded inductor be used instead?...they are much much cheaper.
Eg, supposing doing a Boost converter, 60kHz, 3W, 12Vin, 16Vout….using shielded inductor RFS1113-104ME (100uH) or unshielded inductor RLB1314-101 (100uH).
RLB1314-101 (100uH).
RFS1113-104ME (100uH)
https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2017955.pdf
Is it going to make any difference?