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Extreme Electronics - Tech glossary
Category: Electronics and Engineering > Tesla coil terms
Date & country: 29/03/2012, UK Words: 15
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BPSBangs Per Second, the amount of times the primary capacitor is discharged through the primary per second.
DRSSTCAn SSTC whare the primary is tuned to resonance with a series capacitor
ESREffective Series Resistance, The amount of resistance a Capacitor introduces into a circuit.
IGBTInsulated Gate Bi-polar Transistor.
ISSTCInterrupted SSTC
MMCMulti Manufactured Capacitor, A capacitor made from many smaller Manufactured (off the shelf) capacitors.
MOSFETMetal Oxide Silicon Field Effect Transistor
MOTMicrowave Oven Transformer
NSTNeon Sign Transformer
OBITOil Burner Ignition Transformer, used for igniting oil in boilers.
OLTCOff Line Tesla Coil, A tesla coil that works directly from the mains supply with no step-up transformer.
RQRichie Quick Gap, Usually multiple lengths of copper tubing in series making a multi gapped spark gap.
RSGRotary Spark Gap
SSTCSolid State Tesla Coil
TLAThree Letter Abbreviation