Bourns magnetic products

Bourns’ advanced magnetics components are designed to meet essential power application requirements for:

• Power conversion
• Isolation
• EMC compliance
• Signal integrity
• Increased power density

Helping to ensure efficient and safe, highly reliable power, Bourns magnetics are key elements in many of today’s breakthrough electric vehicle, high power battery charging, e-mobility, renewable energy, energy storage, Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial infrastructure designs.

Bourns developed a comprehensive magnetics line to make it easy for circuit designers to select the right components to meet their increasingly complex and demanding application requirements. And Bourns’ roadmap remains strong in addressing next-generation application needs.

Bourns catalog magnetic components

Global in size and strength, Bourns offers worldwide tech support backed by our regionally based R&D centers and multiple manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

For today’s rugged design requirements, Bourns offers a full range of automotive grade magnetics components:

• High creepage and clearance isolation transformers
• BMS signal transformers
• Chip LAN transformers
• Power inductors
• AEC-Q200 High Current Common Mode Chokes
• Bourns has AEC-Q200 testing in-house
• IATF 16949 and ISO 14000 certified factories

Bourns magnetics design differentiators

Extensive magnetics experience allows Bourns to meet the requirements of today's designs that operate at higher switching frequencies, require ever-more component performance support, and are continually shrinking in size.

• Miniaturization – Smaller form factors for space-constrained designs
• Low EMI noise – Inductors that mitigate EMI noise while maintaining high efficiency
• Thermal management – Industry leading temperature stability
• High robustness and reliability -- Helps maximize product lifespan
• Advanced materials and construction for highly efficient and ultra-low DC resistance –
1. advanced metal alloy powder cores
2. molded construction techniques
3. flat windings
4. self-lead terminals

Custom magnetic capabilities
From design to spec and build to print – all the way to volume production

Bourns' custom magnetics team can design and manufacture transformers and inductors for almost any power level, helping designers meet their application specific requirements. Customers are able to leverage Bourns' engineering expertise and advanced software design tools to expedite the development an optimized design. Plus, our engineering lab can provide fast turnaround prototype samples and manufacturing to support volume production goals.

The proof is in the thousands of successful fully custom designs Bourns has delivered:

• High power SMPS transformers (1 kilowatt to high power 25 kilowatt and higher)
• High voltage isolation, TH and SMT transformers to meet UL and IEC requirements
• SMPS transformer designs for a wide range of operating frequencies
• High current inductors for any Magnetics application
• Semi and fully customized EMC/EMI components

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Key expertise includes:

• Fast prototypes
• Ferrite core manufacturing
• Designs for EMI reduction
• Expertise in thermal management
• Engineering support for finite element analysis and simulations
• Comprehensive custom design capabilities including:
• standard and custom bobbins and cores
• aluminum housings
• thermally conductive potting
• Litz wire
• flat wire windings

Agency standards compliance

Bourns designs for compliance with UL and IEC safety standards for isolation and creepage and clearance. Bourns can also meet customers’ strict automotive grade requirements including AEC-Q200 and PPAP.

Reference designs

To help customers save time and minimize risk, Bourns has reference designs with major IC manufacturers such as Texas Instruments, ADI, and PI.