Volt-Second Balance Check
Check transformer volt-second balance as |v_on x t_on - v_off x t_off| / (v_on x t_on); balanced when the fraction is below 0.05.
Description
Check transformer volt-second balance as |v_on x t_on - v_off x t_off| / (v_on x t_on); balanced when the fraction is below 0.05.
Volt-Second Balance Check: Check transformer volt-second balance as |v_on x t_on - v_off x t_off| / (v_on x t_on); balanced when the fraction is below 0.05.
When to use Volt-Second Balance Check
Use this electronics calculation for a first-pass component, converter, signal, motor, or sensor estimate when the stated operating conditions and units match the device data.
- Off time (ns)
- Required number input.
- On time (ns)
- Required number input.
- Off (reflected) voltage (V)
- Required number input.
- On voltage (V)
- Required number input.
How Volt-Second Balance Check works
Check transformer volt-second balance as |v_on x t_on - v_off x t_off| / (v_on x t_on); balanced when the fraction is below 0.05. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1
- Volt-second imbalance
- The resulting volt-second imbalance returned as a number.
- Balanced
- The resulting balanced returned as a boolean.
Limitations and assumptions
- Compact electronics formulas omit some combination of tolerances, temperature drift, bandwidth, loading, parasitics, noise spectrum, nonlinearity, clipping, calibration, layout, and device-specific limits. Typical datasheet values are not guaranteed limits.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Check the result against the current datasheet and worst-case operating corners, then verify the circuit or measurement with simulation and bench testing where failure matters.
References
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Electronics — Wikipedia contributors
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