Re: Solid State Plasma Tweeters

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Original poster: "Dan Strother by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dstroth-at-hotmail-dot-com>

I'm currently working on a design, also using a SSTC topology. But I havent 
nailed down much on it, and I'm sure it will not turn out well, like most 
of my projects ;).

At least one other amateur solid state plasma tweeter has been constructed, 
with okay results: http://www.ece.villanova.edu/ion/ . But they were unable 
to match that of tube based plasma tweeters (in quality, anyways). Unless 
you are using a ground strike, you will need to operate at several MHz 
(5+), in order to eliminate audible hiss in the brush discharge.


Dan



>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Solid State Plasma Tweeters
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:17:11 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
>Anyone ever try building some solid-state plasma tweeters?
>I'm looking to build some prototypes which would most likely run around 1MHz
>or higher.  The SSTC topology would
>be similar to what we are using now, but with vast improvements.  I'd like
>to get a frequency response of about 5kHz up to 50kHz.  Could be an
>interesting project.
>
>The Captain
>

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