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Surface-Mount Technology (SMT) refers to the way components are mounted on a PCB: SMDs (Surface-Mounted Devices) have pins or contacts which lay on top of the PCB's pads, without the need for holes in the PCB.

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Difference between wire wound and ceramic chip inductors

I have two boxes of SMD r.f. inductors. One lot are wire wound, and the others are ceramic chip. What is the difference in construction? From peering at them with a microscope I see that the wire woun …
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