Standex Edge offers a broad line of planar inductors designed for high efficiency power conversion and regulation in power system designs. Planar inductors are low-profile magnetic components featuring a flat packaging profile, making them ideal for systems concerned with size, weight, and performance (SWaP).
The low-profile structure ensures greater confinement of flux compared to traditional wire-wound inductors, which allows for fewer turns, thereby reducing DC losses and increasing efficiency and reliability. Planar inductors are favored for high reliability applications and can have higher current limits for comparable inductance values.
Standex planar inductors are available across all planar magnetics package sizes, serving low power (10W-1kW) up to high power (10kW-250kW) requirements. For instance, PQ32 fixed power inductors are offered for high-current POL converters, providing an inductance range of 0.9 to 6.0 µH. Planar inductors are the ideal solution for efficient Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) applications.
