Building the world's largest Tesla coil-history and theory

A plan to design, build, and test the world's largest Tesla coil power transformer is discussed. The analysis will be performed by using the program TCTUTOR by J. Corum et al. (1988) with modifications. Power MOSFETs will be used to excite the coil. Hall effect sensors will be used to measure current waveforms and electric field sensors will be used to monitor voltage waveforms. Optical fibers will be used to transmit control signals and measured quantities to and from the Tesla coil. Tesla coil theory is discussed. Open questions are considered. The current status of the project is described.<<ETX>>