The present disclosure provides a transformer module and a power module, wherein the transformer module comprises: a magnetic core, a first wiring layer, a first insulating layer and a second wiring layer, where the first wiring layer, the first insulating layer and the second wiring layer are sequentially disposed on the magnetic core from outside to inside; a first metal winding, formed in the first wiring layer, where at least part of the first metal winding is wound around the magnetic core in a foil structure; the first insulating layer, at least partially covered by the first metal winding; a second metal winding, formed in the second wiring layer and wound around the magnetic core, where the second metal winding is at least partially covered by the first insulating layer, and at least partially covered by the first metal winding.

A soft magnetic core is provided, in which permeabilities that occur at least two different locations of the core are different. A method for producing a soft magnetic core that has different permeabilities at at least two different locations is also provided.

A wound iron core according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with an iron core main body part around which a plurality of iron core materials are wound, and a window part formed at the center of the iron core main body part. The iron core materials each have a cut part at least at one location per winding. The cut parts are disposed so as to be dispersed in the periphery of the window part.

An electrical device includes an electromagnetic component configured to generate a magnetic flux. The electromagnetic component includes a soft magnetically-conductive material configured to pass magnetic flux therethrough along a flux path. The soft magnetically-conductive material includes at least one grain oriented portion having metal grains that are oriented parallel with respect to the magnetic flux.

An electrical current transducer including a housing (5), a magnetic field detector device (3) comprising a magnetic field detector (11), and a magnetic circuit (2) comprising a magnetic core (4) with a gap (6) and a grounding device (8) mounted on the magnetic core. The magnetic field detector is positioned in the gap (6). The grounding device comprises at least two parts (8a, 8b), a first part (8a) mounted against a first lateral side (14a) of the magnetic core and a second part (8b) mounted against a second lateral side (14b) of the magnetic core opposite the first lateral side. At least one of the first and second parts comprises clamp fixing extensions (30a, 30b) cooperating with the other of the first and second parts configured for clamping together the first and second parts around a portion of the magnetic core. The least one of the first and second parts comprising electrically conductive material, said part comprising at least one contact terminal (34a, 34b) being adapted to provide an electrical grounding connection for grounding the magnetic core.

A method provides a portion of a transformer by forming a core by providing transformer core material, cutting individual laminations and bending them into generally C-shaped members, stacking some members to define a first core portion having a main leg and two opposing end legs, stacking other members to define a second core portion having a main leg and two opposing end legs, arranging the main legs in a back-to-back manner to define the core having a core leg defined by the two main legs, and opposing core yokes, defined by the end legs. Conductive material is wound directly around the core leg to form a primary winding and secondary winding in any order of arrangement, thus providing a first transformer portion. The transformer portion may be part of a single transformer or, when second and third transformer portions are provided, as part of a three-phase transformer.

A micro fabricated electromagnetic device and method for fabricating its component structures, the device having a layered magnetic core of a potentially unlimited number of alternating insulating and magnetic layers depending upon application, physical property and performance characteristic requirements for the device. Methods for fabricating the high performing device permit cost effective, high production rates of the device and its component structures without any degradation in device performance resulting from component layering.

This wound core producing apparatus (40) is a wound core producing apparatus (40), the wound core being formed by bending and laminating a steel sheet (21), the wound core producing apparatus (40) including a bending device (20) that bends the steel sheet (21), and a feed roll (60) that feeds the steel sheet (21) to the bending device (20), in which a diameter of the feed roll (60) is 5 mm to 500 mm, a pressure applied to the steel sheet (21) by the feed roll (60) is 0.4 MPa to 2.4 MPa, and a Shore hardness of an outer circumferential surface of the feed roll (60) measured at 45 C. is A38 or more and A90 or less.

A nanocrystalline alloy ribbon is provided. In a method for manufacturing a nanocrystalline alloy ribbon, when a non-crystalline alloy ribbon is brought into contact with a heating body and heated, the heating body is heated to a heating temperature Ta of Tx1+80 C. or more and Tx1+230 C. or less, where Tx1 C. is a bccFe crystallization starting temperature of the non-crystalline alloy ribbon measured at a heating rate of 20 K/min.

A magnet core for low-frequency applications and method for producing a magnet core for low-frequency applications is provided. The magnet core is made of a spiral-wound, soft-magnetic, nanocrystalline strip. The strip essentially has the alloy composition Fe.sub.RestCo.sub.aCu.sub.bNb.sub.cSi.sub.dB.sub.eC.sub.f, wherein a, b, c, d, e and f are stated in atomic percent and 0a1; 0.7b1.4; 2.5c3.5; 14.5d16.5; 5.5e8 and 0f1, and cobalt may wholly or partially be replaced by nickel. The magnet core has a saturation magnetostriction .sub.s of .sub.s<2 ppm, a starting permeability .sub.1 of .sub.1>100 000 and a maximum permeability .sub.max of .sub.max>400 000. In addition, a sealing metal oxide coating is provided on the surfaces of the strip.