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ttkari | 9 months ago

That PCB transformer design is interesting.

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amelius|9 months ago

Was this done to save costs? I can't imagine any other reason.

kees99|9 months ago

The opposite. Planar (PCB-based) transformers are more expensive to make, but allow much tighter control over where wires and insulation go.

A properly designed one will be significantly more compact for the same power rating (compared to wire-wound one).

They are quite common in high-wattage high-reliability power supplies like modular PSUs in rack-mount servers.