Steven Caton

A Half Bridge composed of twelve 500 Volt 90 Amp Mosfets built with Patrick Prybil at the UCLA Basic Plasma Science Facility.

Development of a Lanthanum Hexaboride Plasma Source with Patrick Prybil and Shreekrishna Tripathi at the UCLA Basic Plasma Science Facility.

A time changing magnetic field can induce eddy currents into a nearby workpiece and raise its temperature through joule heating.

Solid State, Vacuum Tube, and Spark Gap Tesla Coils

Solid State Tesla Coils use modern power semiconductors, such as IGBT’s or MOSFETS, to drive the primary tank circuit.

Vacuum Tubes control the flow of electrons between two electrodes via control grids. Vacuum tubes can be used to drive Tesla resonators.

The most basic types of Tesla Coils utilize a spark gap which transfers the capacitors bank's energy into a tank circuit.

	Pulse Power High Voltage Capacitors can create high current discharges. The intense magnetic field produced can compress cans, launch projectiles, shrink coins, etc.
	High Voltage Sources High Voltage sources include components such as Neon Sign Transformers, Cockcroft Walton Multipliers, and Marx Generators.
	Trebuchets Often called “The Atomic Bomb of the Middle Ages” trebuchets use the potential energy of a counterweight to throw projectiles.
	Round Road A round road allows a massive concrete block to be rolled by keeping its center of mass moving in a horizontal line.
	Other Projects