ALLIED'S ELECTRONICS DATA HANDBOOK

Coil Winding Data

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Turns Per Inch

Coil Winding Formulas

Gauge (AWG) or (B&S)

Number Of Turns per Linear Inch

The following approximations for winding r-f coils are accurate to within approx. 1% for nearly all small air-core coils, where

Enamel S.S.C. D.S.C. and S.C.C. D.C.C.
1 - - 3.3 3.3

L = self inductance in microhenrys
N = total number of turns
r = mean radius in inches
l= length of coil in inches
b = depth of coil in inches.

2 - - 3.8 3.6
3 - - 4.2 4.0
4 - - 4.7 4.5
5 - - 5.2 5.0

single-Layer Wound Coils

6 - - 5.9 5.6
7 - - 6.5 6.2
8 7.6 - 7.4 7.1
9 8.6 - 8.2 7.8
10 9.6 - 9.3 8.9
11 10.7 - 10.3 9.8
12 12.0 - 11.5 10.9
13 13.5 - 12.8 12.0
14 15.0 - 14.2 13.8
15 16.8 - 15.8 14.7
16 18.9 18.9 17.9 16.4
17 21.2 21.2 19.9 18.1

Multi-Layer Wound Coils

18 23.6 23.6 22.0 19.8
19 26.4 26.4 24.4 21.8
20 29.4 29.4 27.0 23.8
21 33.1 32.7 29.8 26.0
22 37.0 36.5 34.1 30.0
23 41.3 40.6 37.6 31.6
24 46.3 45.3 41.5 35.6
25 51.7 50.4 45.6 38.6
26 58.0 55.6 50.2 41.8
27 64.9 61.5 55.0 45.0
28 72.7 68.6 60.2 48.5
29 81.6 74.8 65.4 51.8 Spiral Wound Coils
30 90.5 83.3 71.5 55.5
31 101. 92.0 77.5 59.2
32 113. 101. 83.6 62.6
33 127. 110. 90.3 66.3
34 143. 120. 97.0 70.0
35 158. 132. 104. 73.5
36 175. 143. 111. 77.0
37 198. 154. 118. 80.3
38 224. 166. 126. 83.6
39 248. 181. 133. 86.6
40 282. 194. 140. 89.7

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