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> Subject: Re: Building an MSD-CD
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> You wrote: 
> >
> >Okay, I went down to the library and got everything I could on high 
> voltage
> >stuff...
> >
> >First, let's look at a spark gap. Essentially, you've got an 
> insulating gap
> >(of air in this case). The conductivity of this gap is essentially 
> miniscule
> >under normal conditions. When you hit a particular voltage (which 
> pretty much
> >has to be determined experimentally) or higher, then the electrons 
> will go
> >into a type of "avalanche" mode where the conductivity of the gap goes 
> way up
> >(alternatively, the resistance goes way down). We won't have electrons
> >accelerated fast enough to make a difference, so for our purposes, the 
> time
> >it takes for the gap to go into breakdown/avalanche mode is about 
> 10^-8 secs.
> >(about 10 nanoseconds). After this occurs, the air affected in the gap 
> will
> >be in a plasma-like state.
> >
> >Second, all capacitive high voltage impulse type circuits work by 
> feeding
> >the output of a high voltage power source to the capacitor and 
> charging it up.
> >When the voltage reaches the breakdown voltage of the spark gap, the 
> capacitor
> >rapidly dumps the charge it held. So this means we really need a high 
> voltage
> >DC-DC convertor (boost convertor). These types of circuits are also 
> known as
> >charge pumps. These things look like this:
> >
> > +----------+---Inductor-----+-----Diode >|-------------+--------Spark 
> gap--+
> > |          |                |                          |              
>      |
> > +          |                |                          |              
>      |
> >Battery   Capacitor 1      Switch                    Capacitor 2       
>      |
> > -          |                |                          |              
>      |
> > |          |                |                          |              
>      |
> > 
> +----------+----------------+--------------------------+----------------
> ---+
> >
> >Okay, this is the basic circuit. I've deleted the usual control 
> circuitry
> >since we're not going to have to worry about creating a DC voltage of 
> X at
> >say +/-0.1 volts (this would be some sort of sensor or transformer on 
> the
> >high voltage side). Capacitor 1 is just there to smooth out the 
> battery
> >power.
> >
> >Okay, close the switch. The inductor starts charging up. Now open the 
> switch.
> >The collapsing magnetic field in the inductor continues to conduct via 
> 
> >capacitor 2. Continue toggling the switch until the spark gap reaches
> >breakdown and drains the capacitor. This is pretty much identical to 
> the
> >old flyback circuit in television sets. In practice, you'd use a high 
> voltage
> >transistor (power FET or IGBT) in place of the switch and add some 
> digital
> >controls to it for gating and such.
> >
> >If you are a mechanical engineer, the inductor and capacitor store 
> energy.
> >Since the inductor is a coil of wire, it takes time for the flow in 
> the
> >inductor to reach the peak. The diode is essentially a "one-way 
> valve". The
> >Switch is a "2-way valve" and the battery is a pump. We build up a 
> good flow
> >in the inductor, which acts like a piston; it builds up inertia (not 
> sure what
> >the fluid term for this action is). Then open the switch (2-way 
> valve). The
> >capacitor is more like a dam (holds whatever head we build up in it). 
> So
> >the flow continues out of the inductor and builds up in the capacitor 
> as long
> >as there is still inertia remaining in the inductor to drive the flow.
> >Successive cycles of the switch build up a higher and higher head in 
> the
> >capacitor until the "dam" collapses (the spark gap fires), causing the 
> charge
> >that built up in the capacitor to flow out.
> >
> >There is another variation on this circuit, as follows.
> >
> > +----------+---Switch-------+  +--Diode >|-------------+--------Spark 
> gap--+
> > |          |                |  |                       |              
>      |
> > +          |                |  |                       |              
>      |
> >Battery   Capacitor 1      Transformer               Capacitor 2       
>      |
> > -          |                |  |                       |              
>      |
> > |          |                |  |                       |              
>      |
> > +----------+----------------+  
> +-----------------------+-------------------+
> >
> >In this case, the switch-inductor circuit acts as before on the 
> transformer
> >primary. When the field collapses, the transformer secondary feeds 
> charge
> >into Capacitor 2. The difference is that the turns ratio of the 
> transformer
> >gives you an additional voltage multiplication. Other advantages are 
> isolation
> >and in DC-DC convertors, the transformer version can be smaller than 
> the
> >inductor version (not sure if this applies for this application).
> >
> >There is another version called the buck-boost convertor. In this 
> case, you
> >can get high negative voltages rather than positive voltages.
> >
> > +----------+---Switch-------+-----Diode |<-------------+--------Spark 
> gap--+
> > |          |                |                          |              
>      |
> > +          |                |                          |              
>      |
> >Battery   Capacitor 1      Inductor                  Capacitor 2       
>      |
> > -          |                |                          |              
>      |
> > |          |                |                          |              
>      |
> > 
> +----------+----------------+--------------------------+----------------
> ---+
> >
> >Notice that the only real change is the diode is reversed. In this 
> circuit,
> >the battery is out of the loop when the switch is open. The inductor 
> conducts
> >as before but it reverses the flow in the capacitor-spark gap circuit.
> >
> >There are also voltage multiplier ladders made out of spark gaps and
> >capacitors and also voltage multiplier ladders made out of diodes and
> >capacitors, but they are generally not as efficient in their power 
> usage as
> >the circuits above.
> >
> >When the above circuits are used as DC-DC convertors, Capacitor 2 is 
> enormous
> >so that the voltage ripple is minimized. The spark gap becomes a 
> normal load.
> >Even computer "switching power supplies" use similar convertors to the 
> above
> >circuits. A pair of resistors is attached on the "high voltage" side 
> or as
> >an additional small secondary on the transformer. This is used as the 
> input
> >to the control circuit. The control circuit usually varies the duty 
> cycle
> >(on-time to off-time of the switch) although some versions vary the 
> frequency.
> >The resulting voltages are as follows:
> >
> >Boost convertor: Vout=Vin/(1-Duty Cycle)
> >Buck-Boost: Vout=-Vin*(Duty Cycle)/(1-Duty Cycle)
> >Transformer Coupled Boost Convertor: Vout=Vin*N*(Duty Cycle)/(1-Duty 
> Cycle)
> >	where N is the turns ratio
> >
> it shouldnt be that difficult to build a simple dc-dc 
> converter(12v-~300vdc) and a coil switching circuit with cheap tv type
> components  the trick is to put a capacitor accross the output 
> transistor junction just like the condensor in an old fationed
> kettering type ignition circuit  thats also done in tv h.v.supplies 
> which i am familar with
> 


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