How to calculate coil inductance - Coil

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The inductance of a coil depends on its geometrical characteristics, the
number of turns and the method of winding the coil. The larger the
diameter, length, and the larger number of winding turns, the greater its
inductance.
If the coil is tightly wound, turn to turn, then it will have more
inductance than a not tightly wound coil, with gaps between the turns.
Sometimes you need to wind a coil with a given geometry, and you don't
have a wire with required diameter, then if use a thicker wire you should
increase slightly number of turns, and if use a thinner wire it takes to
reduce the number of turns of the coil to get the required inductance.
All of the above considerations are related to winding coils without
ferrite cores.
Inductance of single-layer coils on cylindrical winding forms can be
calculated by the formula:

L=(D/10)2*n2/(4.5*D+10*l) (1)
Where
L - inductance of the coil, μH;
D - diameter of the coil (diameter of the former), mm;
l - length of the coil, mm;
n - number of turns of windings.
There is could be two tasks in the calculation:
A. The geometry of the coil is given, find the inductance;
B. The inductance of the coil is given, calculate the number of turns and
the diameter of the wire.
In the case "A" all data are given, it is easy to find the inductance.
Example 1. Let's calculate the inductance of the coil shown in the figure
above. Put the values in the formula 1:

L=(18/10)2*202/(4.5*18+10*20) = 4.6 μH
In the second case the coil diameter and the length of the wound are
known. The length of the wound depends on the number of turns and the
wire diameter. Therefore, it is recommended to calculate in this order.
Based on geometric considerations, determine the size of the coil, the
diameter and the length of the wound, and then counting the number of
turns by the formula:

n=10*(5*L*(0.9*D+2*l))1/2/D (2)

After you have found the number of turns, determine the diameter of the
wire with insulation according to the formula:
d=l/n (3)
Where
d - diameter of the wire, mm;
l - winding length, mm;
n - number of turns.
Example 2. We need to make a coil with a diameter of 10 mm and with a
length the winding of 20 mm, the coil should have an inductance of 0,8
μH. The winding has one layer, turn to turn.
Put the values in the formula 2, we get:
n = 10*(5*0.8*(0.9*10+2*20))1/2/10 = 14
 The diameter of the wire: d = 20/14 = 1.43 mm

To wind the coil with a wire of smaller diameter, it is necessary to place

obtained by calculation 14 turns across the entire length of the coil (20
mm) with equal intervals between the turns (the step of winding). The
inductance of the coil will be 1-2% less than the nominal value, it should
be considered in the manufacture of these coils. To wind the coil with a
thicker wire than 1.43 mm, the new calculation should be done with the
increased diameter or length of the coil winding. You may also need to
increase both the diameter and the length at the same time, until get the
desired dimensions of the coil for a given inductance.
It should be noted that the above formulas is intended to calculate the
coils with the length of winding l equal to or more than half of the
diameter. If the length of winding is less than half the diameter of the
winding D/2, the more accurate results can be obtained by using the
formulas below:

L = (D/10)2*n2/((4D+11l)) (4)
and

n = (10L*(4D+11l))1/2/D (5)