Tesla coil
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The Tesla coil is a high-voltage, high-frequency resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla, famous for producing spectacular electrical discharges and demonstrating principles of wireless power transmission.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
electrical resonant transformer circuit
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high-voltage generator → |
| application |
demonstrating electrical discharges
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educational demonstrations → entertainment displays → high-voltage research → lighting discharge tubes → plasma research → radio transmission experiments → wireless power transmission experiments → |
| component |
power supply
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primary capacitor → primary coil → secondary coil → spark gap → top-load terminal → |
| developedInCentury |
19th century
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| field |
electrical engineering
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power engineering → radio engineering → |
| hasCharacteristic |
air-core transformer
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capable of producing long electrical discharges → high frequency operation → high voltage output → resonant transformer → |
| historicalUse |
early radio transmission experiments
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wireless lighting experiments → wireless power transmission demonstrations → |
| inventor |
Nikola Tesla
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| notableFeature |
brush discharges
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capability to light fluorescent lamps at a distance → long spark streamers → visible corona discharges → |
| operatingFrequencyRange |
tens of kilohertz to several megahertz
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| outputType |
high-voltage alternating current
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radio-frequency current → |
| powerSource |
electronic high-voltage supply
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low-frequency high-voltage transformer → |
| safetyRisk |
burn hazard
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electric shock hazard → electromagnetic interference → fire hazard → |
| typicalCoreType |
air core
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| usesPrinciple |
coupled resonant circuits
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electromagnetic induction → resonance → transformer action → |
| variant |
dual-resonant solid-state Tesla coil
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solid-state Tesla coil → spark-gap Tesla coil → |
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Nikola Tesla
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Nikola Tesla
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notableWork |
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Tesla coil
("dual-resonant solid-state Tesla coil")
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variant |