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AgentElement's 3D-printed full-bridge SSTC with IRF840s

full bridge · IRF840s · variable-PWM driver · 2021

A full bridge of four IRF840 MOSFETs. Each half is driven through its own isolation transformer from an MC33152 gate driver, so it is a properly isolated full bridge rather than a simple totem pole. The KiCad schematic is titled "DRSSTC HV Primary-Side" and dated March 2021. The separate hand-soldered control board in the photo carries the oscillator and variable-PWM logic that feeds the two MC33152s. The unusual part is the mechanics. The whole structure (coil mounts, base feet, connector clips, topload assembly) is modelled in OpenSCAD and 3D-printed instead of built from tube and wood. The repository and schematic both say "DRSSTC," but the author's own notes correct that: "this coil is singly-resonant, not doubly-resonant," so in practice it is an SSTC.

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