Re: SSTC design procedure

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Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation" <dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com> 


I guess it depends on the type of SSTC you are building.  The ISSTC and
DRSSTC types require that the primary capacitor, primary inductance is
carefully matched to the
secondary characteristics.  Other SSTCs that don't require a tuned primary
circuit can be built more arbitrarily.

In any account, there is also some calculations, and at this point, there
isn't much praying other than hoping your first few runs don't result in
exploding MOSFETs!

Dan



 > Dear all,
 >            I would be interested to learn the following from the SSTC
 > community on the list:
 >
 > (1) what is your design procedure for the actual pri-sec setup (i.e.
 > do you just build something and live with what you end up with, or do
 > you choose a particular Lp for such-and-such a reason, Ls for some
 > particular reason, and so on....)?  I'd be interested to know which
 > approach you take and if the latter, the general procedure you use.
 >
 > (2) What is the general balance between "calculate" and "pray" in
 > your final results?
 >
 > Needless to say, I have reasons for asking and it has nothing to do
 > with design piracy ;)  There was another question I wanted to ask as
 > well but it's slipped from mind for the time being. I may post a
 > further query later.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Malcolm
 >
 >
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 >
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