Solid State Tesla Coil (SSTC) - Part 3

2021-08-18

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This is part 3 of my video series on designing and building a Solid State Tesla Coil (SSTC).

Part 1:

/youtube/video/CdUaW9StZwg

Part 2:

/youtube/video/U_dhVrOCprA

In this video I'll show the following:

-How to build a full H-bridge driver

-How to use secondary coil current as feedback to drive the primary coil

-How to adjust the phase of the driver to maximize output power

-Results of running the coil off mains (120VAC) instead of 30V DC

Hardware used is mostly the same as part II, with a few differences:

-IXTQ36N30P 300V / 36A MOSFETs for the H-bridge

-2200 uF 400V Filter Capacitor for mains voltage

-BOTH sides of the gate drive transformer primary have DC blocking capacitors. Having DC blocking on only one side caused some weird level shifting problems that resulted in erratic output.

-300A/1600V Bridge Rectifier (massive overkill, but i happened to have it already)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075L3QGH1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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