Best Practices for Coil Design and Materials

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Designing High-Performance Coils Requires More Than Just Wire Winding Coils play a critical role in applications ranging from medical imaging and aerospace systems to industrial automation, telecommunications, and scientific instrumentation. Whether used in RF systems, solenoids, transformers, electromagnets, or sensing devices, coil performance directly impacts efficiency, reliability, thermal stability, and overall system functionality. At Custom […]

How Magnetic Actuators Support Satellite and Aerospace Systems

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The Precision Demands of Modern Aerospace Modern aerospace systems like satellites are increasingly shifting toward electric propulsion and electromagnetic actuation. Electromagnetically powered movement systems offer a far greater degree of propulsion control, motion control, and positioning than chemically propelled systems. Unlike off-the-shelf electromagnets, custom electromagnetic components provide the optimal performance, reliability, and control necessary for […]

How Precision Electromagnets Enable Accurate Qubit Control

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Quantum computers operate on fundamentally different principles than classical systems. Unlike classical bits, which only exist in either a 0 or a 1 position, qubits can exist in a superposition state, which represents 0, 1, and all positions in between. This unique property enables quantum computers to solve complex problems far beyond the capabilities of […]

When to Choose Custom vs. Off-the-Shelf Coils

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Every engineering choice has trade-offs. As a general rule of thumb, most off-the-shelf coil components have fast lead times, are more cost-effective, and are available from multiple sources. But custom products offer optimal performance for specialized applications and are tailored for your specific operating environment. Many critical applications, such as medical imaging and scanning, semiconductor […]

How Electromagnets Are Used in the Medical Industry

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In contrast to permanent magnets, which always have a magnetic field, electromagnets only create a magnetic field when electricity runs through them. They are made from coiled wire, often wrapped around a core of ferromagnetic material, such as iron, or a coil with a hollow core (i.e., air core). The coil is connected to a […]

Solenoids: Working Principle, Types, & Applications

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Click to Expand A solenoid is a type of electromagnet consisting of coiled copper wire wound tightly into a helix, a mobile plunger made of magnetic material, and an iron or steel housing. As electric current moves through a coil, the solenoid generates a magnetic field and proceeds to transform magnetic energy into mechanical motion. […]

Magnetorquers for Satellite Attitude Control

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Emergency communications, navigation systems, the internet, and many other modern conveniences are only possible through satellite technology. As our world grows more interconnected via satellite, manufacturers must build satellites that provide reliable, long-term performance. Devices like magnetic torquers, or magnetorquers, provide high-quality attitude control and proper orientation of the satellite by interacting with the Earth’s […]

RF Inductor Basics

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Radiofrequency (RF) inductors are critical electronic components in applications from consumer products to complex scientific equipment. RF inductors perform numerous functions in high-frequency circuit applications, such as high-frequency chokes, filtering, impedance matching, and circuit tuning. These inductors are prevalent in modern technology, including IoT devices, wireless devices like tablets, and specialized applications such as testing […]

Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Process

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Semiconductors are vital components in everyday life, powering cars, mobile phones, computers, TVs, and even credit cards. Semiconductor manufacturing is complex, requiring many steps and precisely controlled processes. This blog will shed light on wafer fabrication, the first step of semiconductor manufacturing. What Is a Semiconductor Wafer? Semiconductors serve as substrates for building microelectronic devices […]

The Basics of Coil Winding

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Coil winding involves wrapping a wire around a cylindrical object in a spiral-like shape to produce a standalone coil or a coil on a toroid, bobbin, or other type of center support. The coil may be made of one or more layers of wires depending on its intended application. The following factors influence the type […]