1 Scope
This document describes a number of tests for use in determining the significant parameters
and performance characteristics of transformers and inductors for use in electronics
and telecommunication equipment. These test methods are designed primarily for transformers
and inductors used in all types of electronics applications that can be involved in
any specification for such components. Even though these tests can be useful to the other types of transformers used in
power distribution applications in utilities, industry, and others, the tests discussed
in this document can supplement or complement the tests but are not intended to replace
the tests in standards for transformers. Some of the tests described are intended
for qualifying a product for a specific application, while others are test practices
used for manufacturing and customer acceptance testing. The test methods described
here include those parameters most commonly used in the electronics transformer and
inductor industry: electric strength, resistance, power loss, inductance, impedance,
balance, transformation ratio and many others used less frequently.