The Chan model

From LTwiki-Wiki for LTspice
Revision as of 12:51, 17 August 2009 by Analogspiceman (talk | contribs) (Created page with ''''The Chan model''' is a hysteretic core model based on a model first proposed in by John Chan et al. in the ''IEEE Transactions On Computer-Aided Design'', Vol. 10. No. 4, Apri…')
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

The Chan model is a hysteretic core model based on a model first proposed in by John Chan et al. in the IEEE Transactions On Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 10. No. 4, April 1991 but extended with the methods in United States Patent 7,502,723.  Compared to older core models, the Chan model is particularly robust, computationally efficient and compact, requiring only three parameters to define most any commonly encountered magnetic hysteresis loop.

Once the core material's generic magnetic properties are set, establishing the circuit-level non-linear inductance requires specifying three more parameters to set the geometry of the specific core and one additional parameter to set the core winding turn-count.  The Chan model as implemented in LTspice does not directly support Mutual Inductance, so unless only a single-winding inductor is being modeled, multiple windings must be added on via additional circuitry.

This page is incomplete.  Perhaps a link to the original paper should be given along with some discussion of how the model works and why and how it is more robust and computationally efficient than other core models.  Equations supported with illustrative graphs would be helpful.