Method for selecting a ferrite bead for a filter

Abstract

A method for selecting a ferrite bead for a filter to avoid a peak value in a frequency response curve of the filter is provided. The method includes the steps of: building an equivalent model database including parameters of equivalent models of ferrite beads, the parameters including an inductance and a capacitance of a corresponding equivalent model of each ferrite bead; calculating parameters of a desired ferrite bead in the filter based on parameters of the filter, the parameters of the ferrite bead including an inductance, a capacitance, and a resonant frequency; adjusting parameters of the filter until the calculated resonant frequency equals or approaches a desired resonant frequency, and finding an inductance and a capacitance respectively equaling or approaching the calculated inductance and the calculated capacitance in the database; and selecting a ferrite bead with the appropriate inductance and capacitance as found in the database for the filter.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a power supply circuit with a ferrite bead, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing an equivalent model of the ferrite bead of FIG. 1.

Claims

1. A method for selecting a ferrite bead from a plurality of ferrite beads for a filter to avoid a peak value in a frequency response curve of the filter, the method comprising the steps of: (a) building an equivalent model database comprising parameters of equivalent models of the plurality of ferrite beads, the parameters comprising an inductance and a capacitance of a corresponding equivalent model of each ferrite bead;(b) calculating parameters of a desired ferrite bead in the filter based on parameters of the filter, the parameters of the desired ferrite bead comprising an inductance, a capacitance, and a resonant frequency;(c) comparing the resonant frequency calculated in step (b) with a desired resonant frequency of the filter; if the resonant frequency calculated in step (b) equals or approaches the desired resonant frequency, going to step (e); if the resonant frequency calculated in step (b) does not equal or approach the desired resonant frequency, going to step (d);(d) adjusting parameters of the filter, then returning to step (b);(e) searching the equivalent model database for an inductance and a capacitance respectively equaling or approaching the inductance and the capacitance calculated in step (b); if the inductance and capacitance do not exist in the database, going to step (f); if the inductance and capacitance exist, going to step (g);(f) adjusting parameters of the filter, then returning to step (b); and(g) selecting a ferrite bead with the searched inductance and capacitance in the database for the filter.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inductance of each equivalent model is an impedance of the filter when low frequency signals pass through the filter.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parameters of each equivalent model further comprise a resistance having an impedance value equaling a peak value in an impedance curve of the ferrite bead, and a direct current resistance, the inductance, the capacitance, and the resistance are connected in parallel, and connected to the direct current resistance in series.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parameters of the filter comprise a quality factor of the filter, a capacitance of a filter capacitor, a load impedance of the filter, and an attenuation constant of the filter.

5. A method for selecting a ferrite bead from a plurality of ferrite beads for a filter to avoid a peak value in a frequency response curve of the filter, the method comprising the steps of: building an equivalent model database comprising parameters of equivalent models of the plurality of ferrite beads, the parameters comprising an inductance and a capacitance of a corresponding equivalent model of each ferrite bead;calculating parameters of a desired ferrite bead in the filter based on parameters of the filter, the parameters of the desired ferrite bead comprising an inductance, a capacitance and a resonant frequency;adjusting parameters of the filter until the calculated resonant frequency equals or approaches a desired resonant frequency, and finding an inductance and a capacitance respectively equaling or approaching the calculated inductance and the calculated capacitance in the database; andselecting a ferrite bead with the appropriate inductance and capacitance as found in the database for the filter.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inductance of each equivalent model is an impedance of the filter when low frequency signals pass through the filter.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the parameters of each equivalent model further comprise a resistance having an impedance value equaling a peak value in an impedance curve of the ferrite bead, and a direct current resistance, the inductance, the capacitance, and the resistance are connected in parallel, and connected to the resistance in series.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the parameters of the filter comprise a quality factor of the filter, a capacitance of a filter capacitor, a load impedance of the filter, and an attenuation constant of the filter.