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Filed by the kind of coil, because that is how a builder arrives. Every piece says which of its numbers were measured, which were derived, and where they stop being trustworthy.
- SSTCSolid state Tesla coilSingle resonant: the secondary is tuned and the primary is not. The bridge drives those few turns directly, so the drive is whatever you make it, continuous or chopped into bursts by an interrupter.22 articles
- DRSSTCDual resonant solid state Tesla coilPrimary and secondary both tuned, driven in bursts. The current is enormous and brief, and almost every design decision is about where the switching happens inside the cycle.34 articles
- QCWQuasi-continuous waveA ramped bus instead of a flat burst, on a DRSSTC or on a plain SSTC. The arc grows smoothly and straight, and every figure in the design moves while it does.27 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