Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws inductor yog cov hlau tub ntxhais siv los ntawm M. Faraday hauv xyoo 1831 hauv tebchaws Askiv kom pom qhov tshwm sim ntawm electromagnetic induction. Xyoo 1832, J. Henry ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tau luam tawm ib daim ntawv hais txog qhov tshwm sim ntawm tus kheej induction. Cov neeg xa mus rau chav tsev ntawm inductance li Henry, abbreviated li Henry. Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab -19th caug xyoo, inductors tau siv dav hauv cov khoom siv xws li telegrams thiab xov tooj. Cov inductors siv nyob rau hauv kev sim los ntawm HR Hertz nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws Yelemees nyob rau hauv 1887 thiab N. Tesla nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States nyob rau hauv 1890 yog ob qho tib si nto moo, hu ua Hertz coils thiab Tesla coils, feem.
