Hi All,
I am having a problem optimising the Tesla coil with tube driver and pi-filter.
On the picture you can see the pi filter that has two variabel capacitors and an inductor. It works perfect to match the impedance of the tubes with the Tesla coil except that it has a certain design frequency where it is optimum.
So my question is how do you find the optimum frequency for the Tesla coil when using a pi-filter? When I just try to maximise the radiation I end on the optimum frequency for the pi filter and that was a little higher than the optimum for the Tesla coil without the pi-filter.
Perhaps I should design a pi with a very broad Q? Or should I find the optimum frequency otherwise and just leave the sinusgenerator there? How do you guys do this?
pi filter design:
I am having a problem optimising the Tesla coil with tube driver and pi-filter.
On the picture you can see the pi filter that has two variabel capacitors and an inductor. It works perfect to match the impedance of the tubes with the Tesla coil except that it has a certain design frequency where it is optimum.
So my question is how do you find the optimum frequency for the Tesla coil when using a pi-filter? When I just try to maximise the radiation I end on the optimum frequency for the pi filter and that was a little higher than the optimum for the Tesla coil without the pi-filter.
Perhaps I should design a pi with a very broad Q? Or should I find the optimum frequency otherwise and just leave the sinusgenerator there? How do you guys do this?
pi filter design:
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