Re: SSSSTC Coil questions for Mr. Steve

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 


Hmmmm . . . .
Good point Dave.  A modular design for this topology would be key.  You
could simply design a single stage, make a large number of boards for a
single stage,
build them all up, and connect them altogether.  Would be the ultimate in
flexibility and maintainability.

Dan


 > Hi Steve
 >
 > I've been watching from the sidelines.  You've got an excellent
 > performing coil topology there.  If you can keep the drivers
 > modular, you could theoretically scale up to limit of GDT hold
 > off voltage.  That limit could be as high as 2.5-3kV (5-6kV
 > pk to pk drive), which is about 20X higher then most SSTC.
 > I secondly would like to see detailed schematics
 > particularly on auto tuning and gate drive topology to maintain
 > timing on circuit.  When I saw this topology a year ago at
 > APEC2003, it looked promising, you've proven it can work
 > to run a TC.  Way to go!
 >
 > Regards
 > Dave Sharpe, TCBOR/HEAS
 > Chesterfield, VA. USA
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