Detailed Product Description

What is Litz wire (Litz magnet wire)? The word "Litz" is derived from the German word "Litzendraht" meaning woven wire. It refers to wire consisting of a number of individually insulated magnet wires twisted or braided into a uniform pattern, so that each strand tends to take all possible positions in the cross-section of the entire conductor.    
    Litz wire (Litz magnet wire) is a special type of wire used in electronics. The wire is designed to reduce the skin effect and proximity effect losses in conductors. It consists of many thin wires, individually coated with an insulating film and twisted or woven together, following a carefully prescribed pattern often involving several levels (groups of twisted wires are twisted together, etc.).                                     
     The benefits of using litz are:
Increased efficiency
Mitigation of skin and proximity effect
Minimum eddy current losses
Lowered operating temperatures
Reduced footprint of final product
Substantial weight reduction
Avoidance of "hot spots"                                
     Typical applications for Litz wire conductors include high-frequency inductors and transformers, motors, relays, inverters, power supplies, DC/DC converters, communications equipment, ultra-sonic equipment, sonar equipment, television equipment, and heat induction equipment.