I look back at my old posts and wonder what the hell was I thinking. Ha.
The relationship between number of turns and inductance is non linear. So halving the number of turns does not halve the inductance. In fact you end up with much less than half. The formulae proves this( and also the coil calculator).
However for a bifilar wound coil, I suspect that the overall inductance might be ever so slightly higher for the same number of turns due to the sequential side by side laying of the turns next to each other. Don't know if it would make any difference, but in the case of a centre tapped coil, a bifilar wound coil would make both halves extremely similar and achieve a better symmetrical balance.
The relationship between number of turns and inductance is non linear. So halving the number of turns does not halve the inductance. In fact you end up with much less than half. The formulae proves this( and also the coil calculator).
However for a bifilar wound coil, I suspect that the overall inductance might be ever so slightly higher for the same number of turns due to the sequential side by side laying of the turns next to each other. Don't know if it would make any difference, but in the case of a centre tapped coil, a bifilar wound coil would make both halves extremely similar and achieve a better symmetrical balance.
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