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From: Paul
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:37:03 +0100
Subject: Re: [TSSP] Update on progress

Bryan Steinbach wrote:

> Class F uses a TL and a tank to produce a sine wave from a square.
> I've been running optspice sims today on them, and there is a problem:
> With numbers for a small table top magnifier coil, current flowing into
> the TL can rise to 400A in 800uS!  This is at 300kHz and a 500nS pulse
> width.

I take it you refer to the exponential rise of current during a 800uS
burst of square waves. If so these figures represent a very high Q
factor.
Wonder what loss factor you input for the TL? Increase the loss
(or loading) of the TL and the input current should go down to a more
manageable level!

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Paul Nicholson,
Manchester, UK.
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Maintainer Paul Nicholson, paul@abelian.demon.co.uk.