************************************WARNING**********************************************
THIS CIRCUIT PRESENTS LETHAL VOLTAGE LEVELS TO THE USER - DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THIS CIRCUIT UNLESS YOU ARE A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL FAMILIAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF ELECTRONICS. PLEASE BE CAREFUL
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This is my first post which is technical in nature - i will try to describe what needs to be done in detail - this is difficult as this (the system which i am driving) is company proprietary technology so revealing too much about it is not an option...
the "device" being driven in this particular sub-system, is pairs of electrodes - these electrodes are required to generate an electrostatic pressure field.
the proper driving signal for each electrode is a 500V RMS sinusoidal waveform - i believe the frequency is supposed to be 60 Hz.
there are custom wound transformers which i will be receiving that apparently convert a 5V input signal to the 500V RMS out.
edit: the design team is based over-seas (i am in the US) and there is a language barrier which keeps things a bit hazy in terms of technical communication
i do not know if i will be receiving the circuitry as well - or if i will have to design it.
now the design team told me that they used two of these oscillators in to drive the electrode pair (one per electrode) - but here is the part where i lose them...
the signals (in theory) need to be out-of-phase with each other by 180° (1/2 cycle) - how in the world can i ensure that this will happen if the two oscillators are not connected.
and if they DO have to be connected - how do i ensure that they stay 180° out of phase?
i understand that this is not a common circuit topology - in fact the only place i have seen it referenced was for CCFL applications.
in case i cannot use this oscillator - what other devices can i use to achieve a 500V RMS pair of sinusoidal signals?
hopefully someone can help me, this is the one thing i have been dreading tackling at work.
***note***
this is now the 9th hit on google for "royer oscillator"...
THIS CIRCUIT PRESENTS LETHAL VOLTAGE LEVELS TO THE USER - DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THIS CIRCUIT UNLESS YOU ARE A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL FAMILIAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF ELECTRONICS. PLEASE BE CAREFUL
************************************WARNING**********************************************
This is my first post which is technical in nature - i will try to describe what needs to be done in detail - this is difficult as this (the system which i am driving) is company proprietary technology so revealing too much about it is not an option...
the "device" being driven in this particular sub-system, is pairs of electrodes - these electrodes are required to generate an electrostatic pressure field.
the proper driving signal for each electrode is a 500V RMS sinusoidal waveform - i believe the frequency is supposed to be 60 Hz.
there are custom wound transformers which i will be receiving that apparently convert a 5V input signal to the 500V RMS out.
edit: the design team is based over-seas (i am in the US) and there is a language barrier which keeps things a bit hazy in terms of technical communication
i do not know if i will be receiving the circuitry as well - or if i will have to design it.
now the design team told me that they used two of these oscillators in to drive the electrode pair (one per electrode) - but here is the part where i lose them...
the signals (in theory) need to be out-of-phase with each other by 180° (1/2 cycle) - how in the world can i ensure that this will happen if the two oscillators are not connected.
and if they DO have to be connected - how do i ensure that they stay 180° out of phase?
i understand that this is not a common circuit topology - in fact the only place i have seen it referenced was for CCFL applications.
in case i cannot use this oscillator - what other devices can i use to achieve a 500V RMS pair of sinusoidal signals?
hopefully someone can help me, this is the one thing i have been dreading tackling at work.
***note***
this is now the 9th hit on google for "royer oscillator"...
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