Re: Solid State Tesla Coil PSPICE simulations - Posted

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

The problem is that the negative portion of the 120VAC wave would cause the
internal body diodes of the MOSFETs to conduct and thereby shorting
the fullbridge and blowing it up.  However, you can full-rectify the input,
or even use a DC input.

Dan




 > Have you tried making a similar circuit to use
 > the other half of the incoming 120VAC wave?
 >
 > (Then series the output so that there are three
 > leads with the center being ground?)
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >  > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > I just finished my initial simulations of my PSPICE
 >  > solid state tesla coil
 >  > and have posted them here:
 >  >
 >  > http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/sstc_pspice.htm
 >  >
 >  > Special thanks to Terry Fritz with his help with
 >  > modeling my tesla coil
 >  > resonator.
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
 >  >
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