Re: Simplest TC of all?

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Jolyon,

On 9 Sep 2002, at 11:50, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
> 
> Is it possible in theory to build a tesla coil in which only a single
inductor
> and the topload/ground capacitance forms the entire tuned circuit? the lower
> end of L1 being connected to the excitation source which might even be a
spark
> gap -although I understand the latter is risky!

You can drive a TC resonator single-ended no problem with a CW source 
e.g. a MOSFET half-bridge.

Regards,
malcolm