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Articles
Sorted by the kind of coil, since that is usually what you are building. Each article says which of its numbers were measured, which were derived, and where they stop being reliable.
- SSTCSolid state Tesla coilSingle resonant: only the secondary is tuned. The bridge drives the few primary turns directly, so the drive is whatever you make it, continuous or chopped into bursts by an interrupter.25 articles
- DRSSTCDual resonant solid state Tesla coilPrimary and secondary both tuned, driven in bursts. The current is enormous and brief, so a switch that opens in the wrong part of the cycle turns the design into a heater.30 articles
- QCWQuasi-continuous waveA ramped bus instead of a flat burst, on a DRSSTC or on a plain SSTC. The arc grows smooth and straight, and every figure in the design changes as it grows.23 articles
Coming
- RSSTCMains ramped SSTC
A ramp taken straight off the mains half cycle instead of out of a converter. The cheapest way to a sword, and the one with the fewest parts to get wrong.
coming soon - PHASE SHIFTPhase shift and APWM
Controlling the power by moving one leg of the bridge against the other, rather than by chopping the bus. No buck at all.
coming soon