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A ferrite bead is a passive electric component, which is commonly used for suppressing high frequency noise in electronic circuits.

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Why don't we call ferrite bead and choke as just an inductor?

Ferrite bead and choke have inductance which means they have high reactance for higher frequencies and dissipate their power as heat. Why do we use different term like ferrite bead and choke and now ...
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Do I need to put a ferrite bead near a RS485 receiver device power pin?

I'm using a MAX3094ECSE+ RS-422/485 receiver receiver datasheet for an application that is receiving quadrature encoder wires. Those wires are power, positive and negative signals from quadrature ...
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The ferrite bead at where the supply pin of crystal oscillator is

I have a question about ferrite beads. The DC resistance of the ferrite bead is an important parameter for picking up our design. This value has to be as low as it can because if the current drawn ...
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Ferrite bead or inductor

I'm using this device VSC8514 and this is its checklist. I just want to know what spec of ferrite bead I should use for this device's power rails. They have neither mentioned this in the checklist nor ...
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Ferrite bead in series with buck inductor

Background When filtering DM noise from SMPS, I have often used LC filters in the past. One thing that happens with regular inductors though, is that very high frequency (>100 MHz) switch noise ...
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Cable wrapped around a ring in electronic device: how to remove it?

On an electronic typewriter, a display cable wraps around a ring. What is it for and is there a way to remove (break) that ring in order to extend the cable length?
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Value of ferrite bead while connection chassis ground (from RJ-45 connector) to digital ground

I am connecting the chassis ground of the RJ-45 connector to the board's digital ground. In that case, I saw an Evaluation board design that uses a 1000pF 2kV cap to connect both the grounds. My ...
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PWM driven 24 V fan noise issue

I have a weird issue with a 24 V blower fan. We are driving it with an N-channel MOSFET at a PWM freq of 12 kHz. It has a periodic artifact that appears about 230 Hz or so. Observable behavior ...
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Phil's lab understanding how to choose a ferrite bead

I'm trying to understand what ferrite bead he chose as shown in the picture. It says it is a 120R ferrite bead but from what I understand, when looking for a ferrite bead, you have to know the ...
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Confused about which impedence value to pick for ferrite bead

Per the vendor's recommendation, I need to add a ferrite bead to the 2.5 V power supply. An evaluation board used the BLM31PG601SN1. It has an impedance of 600 Ω at 100 MHz and a rated current of 1500 ...
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Ferrite bead selection

In some pages online, it is mentioned that "whenever possible, the targeted noise frequencies should fall within the bead’s “resistive band,” meaning the range of frequencies in which the ...
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Why use a ferrite bead at a USB input

I came across this PCB schematic and I see they use a ferrite bead at the input of the USB 5V power. Full article is here My questions are: Why would you use a ferrite like this? How would I ...
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Help identify schematic symbol

Is it a ferrite bead or coil of some sort? Or is it a gas discharge tube? Usually though it has a different symbol. If it is a ferrite bead then what is the point of those chassis connectors? Could ...
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Picking TVS and ferrite beads for MCP9600 thermocouple converter

I'm about to use the MCP9600 thermocouple voltage to I2C converter for the first time. Because I need my output to be as precise as possible, I decided to apply the recommended circuit shown in figure ...
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Connecting Split Power planes for mixed signal PCB

I'm working on a mixed signal board, and I currently have 3 power planes, 12V, 3.3V analog, and 3.3V digital. I have a single GND plane with good separation between the analog and digital components. ...
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How to get the parameters of a ferrite bead

I have been simulating a ferrite bead on LTSPice, however, I so far have been using the LTSpice database to select the Ferrite bead, I now want to use a ferrite that is not on the database. However, ...
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Ferrite bead selection and simulations for a 2.4 GHz ESP32 3V3 power line

I want to be able to filter the 3V3 power line going out of the ESP32 MCU. Since this "may" have a frequency around 2.4GHz (Wifi or Bluetooth antenna). This may then affect other components ...
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Flashlight dismantle: why is a small cylinder of ferrite used?

After dismanteling a Petzl flashlight, I found a small cylinder of ferrite. Why is it used? For what? The flashlight used 3 AAA batteries so the ferrite bead doesn't seem to be used for reducing high-...
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Inductor vs. ferrite bead

What is the distinction between a ferrite bead (as an SMT component) and an inductor?
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Burned component on GIGABYTE RTX 2080 GAMING OC 8G

I have purchased an RTX 2080 which contains a scorched component. I have carefully removed it with a heat station. The card is not short and it works, but it is seen with artifacts. As I found on the ...
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How lossy is a ferrite bead in its "capacitive" regime?

When using ferrite beads in spice, I often have the impression that they are not lossy enough compared to the real thing. In particular, the conventional model of RLC all in parallel is basically a ...
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Value of Ferrite Bead

How do I deduce the value of the ferrite bead between pin 2 and 16 as shown in the schematic.
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What happen when we parallel or series ferrite bead?

If I use ferrite with capacitor as pi network. What happen when I series or parallel the ferrite bead? Which one reject emi better? I known the ferrite bead is not inductance. It act like resistor at ...
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How to calculate current value for DOUT and RIN pin in MAX3221E texas IC?

Hi Im going to use ferrite bead in the Dout and Rin pin in MAX3221E IC of Texas. How to determine current rating of the pins , thereby i can choose the current rating of ferrite bead??
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Amplifier buzz caused by new electric room heater, set to medium only!

My Marantz receiver has never had this problem before. I have installed a new replacement MVH heater with 3 output settings: low, med and high (just like original). Suddenly when this is on and set ...
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Problem with ferrite bead - reduces power supply voltage

I built my own board with a LAN8720 chip but I can't get it to work. I found out that the ferrite bead I used only outputs ~1.4V from 3.3V input, which is way too low. I used some guidelines and other ...
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Purpose of high resistance ferrite beads?

Sorry, if this is obvious or stupid, but what is the point of ferrite beads with more than \$Z\approx100\space\Omega\$ of impedance? I mainly see their application as serial filters in either power ...
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Is the necessity of the ferrite core on a PS2 controller cable a function of the length of the cable?

I'm connecting a wired PS2 controller to an ESP32. The controllers come with 2 meter cables that have ferrite cores at their connector end. I will be shortening to 5cm and soldering to a 5cm ribbon ...
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SMD ferrite beads to supress noise when driving mosfets

I design a simple circuit activates fan when processor heats up. I started reading more, and I found a very interesting element a ferrite bead in smd form. It has 0.3ohm resistance, Imax 150mA and ...
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How to terminate Shield of USB connector to System Ground via Resistor || Capacitor or Ferrite Bead?

I want to know the best approach to connect USB connector's (receptor) Shield to System Ground? Below are the two options. PC(Earthed)<----- USB Cable ----> USB Connector female(PCB with NO ...
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Multiple windings on single ferrite ring vs multiple ferrite rings

My question is does putting cables through multiple identical ferrite rings the same as winding them multiple times on a single ferrite ring? I have my current setup as follows with multiple ferrite ...
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1000Z in the power circuit, is it a Ferrite Bead?

is 1000Z a ferrite bead, and does it mean 1000Ω at 100MHz? OR something else? please help?
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Can a ferrite bead accidentally rectify RF?

If the ferrite is designed to filter out in the lower region, up to 100 MHz, and the pass-band signal is even way lower, 60Hz, I'm thinking that the ferrite is constantly saturated along with the 60Hz ...
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What types of cables do ferrite beads/chokes have a beneficial effect on?

Ferrite beads prevent electromagnetic interference from affecting a cable. Without fundamentally understanding how EMI works, this is obviously a beneficial effect for the stability and integrity of ...
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Can I use a ferrite bead instead of a resistor on the data wire of my LED strip?

I have a WS2812B[PDF] LED strip which I want to control with the PWM0 pin (GPIO18) of my Raspberry Pi. Multiple sources highly recommend to insert a 330-470𝛀 resistor in between the data pin of the ...
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Short circuited ferrite bead on PCB

I'm analyzing a circuit (USB game console.) Three identical ferrite beads (805 or 603 package) are used in the circuit. It was working but I tried something on circuit. Now it is not working. I ...
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Ferrite bead attenuation frequency

I understand that using a ferrite bead attenuates high frequency currents and can help reduce EMI. However, I'm confused about how to select the frequency range that should be attenuated. For example, ...
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R-Cd parallel damping during power on

I am researching the PI filter. There're a number of great articles on how to calculate values for inductor and capacitors, the response curves and frequencies. Examples are: Input Filter Design for ...
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Ferrite bead for low frequencies

I have a circuit where there is a high level of noise at 100 kHz. For now, I'm not allowed to rework the circuit. I wanted to use a ferrite core, but when I look at the impedance characteristics chart,...
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Which ground plane connection will perform better in terms of EMC? [duplicate]

In figure 12 of these EMI Design Guidelines for USB Components, I can see that VBUS and Gnd signals from the USB receptacle are bypassed with ferrite beads and then connected to their respective power ...
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Ferrite bead placement

I have a question regarding ferrite beads. I have this kind of circuit: Where IC1 and IC2 are digital ICs. The voltage supply for the opamps is obviously analog. I want to place a ferrite bead ...
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Selection of ferrite bead for analog and digital supply isolation

In many circuits I see the analog supply and the digital supply separated by a ferrite bead. I am aware that it is done because the devices that are connected to the digital supply create noise and ...
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Can ferrite beads be used on digital PWM output?

I am thinking how to reduce the EMI noise of the large LED indicators driven by tlc5947. This chip has digital outputs that limit/regulate current through light emitting diodes by switching on and off....
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Ferrite bead isolation for FPGA core voltage

Why is the ferrite bead isolation not recommended for any FPGA core voltages. When we usually refer any FPGA schematics the voltages output from regulators are directly connect to FPGA without any ...
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Question on EMI filtering

I have seen people using ferrite beads to suppress EMI from switching power supplies. Recently, I came across the following blog post where the author successfully re-models a switching power supply ...
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Ferrite Choke wiring, understanding the datasheet and how it affects the signal

I've been tasked with digitising an old analogue product for my company. I'm attempting to reverse engineer the analogue circuitry with no documentation (it was designed by an outside consultancy 30 ...
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Need help to understand inductor based non-isolated offline buck converter [closed]

Here ADGJ IC is used in offline buck topology. Can anyone share the schematic of it. Picture taken from sonoff mini and shelly1 board is attached below
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Ferrite bead DC-resistance tolerance

What is the DC-resistance tolerance for a smd ferrite bead (e.g. BLM18RK102SN1D)? Does anyone know? The datasheets I have seen only give a maximum value for the DC-resistance.
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Should a ferrite bead be placed close to the MCU or close to the power supply?

I am trying to design a PCB based around the STM32F446RE microcontroller. I looked at the schematic provided by ST for their Nucleo-64 board, and physical placement of the ferrite bead on the board. ...
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Choose impedance value of ferrite beads at any frequency

For example, in my PCB I want to use an SMPS IC but Vout will have noise. The SMPS works with 2.5 Mhz. What should be the impedance value? How can I choose this value?
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