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This thread is devoted to the capacitive coupling effect of bifilar and overlay transformers at T=0

So to kick things off,i offer the following test and results.
The circuit is as below.

What we are looking at in the scope shots below,is a 200nS pulse across our bifilar wound coil,which has a winding ratio of 1:1,and wire of the same size and type.

With this type of transformer,we should never see a higher current flow through the secondary to that of the primary,but as you can see,that is not the case here. Here we see not only a far greater current value flowing through the secondary,but a voltage across the load/CVR series equal to that of the voltage across the primary coil.

This is not normal induction taking place here. This is capacitive charging from the primary coil to the secondary coil. The flow of current through the primary has very little to do with the induction of the secondary.
It would seem that the secondary is being induced via the electric field created by displacement current during the charging of the capacitance between coils. As can be seen in the scope shots,this results in far more power being dissipated through the secondaries circuit to that supplied to the primary coil.

If we look at scope shot 1,where CH4 is across our 10 ohm CVR,and CH1 is across the primary coil and CVR,you will notice something very odd with the current trace,and so,the current through the primary coil.

You will see that for the first 25nS,the current through the primary coil rises,but then starts to fall until reaching a 0 value at 100nS. For the next 50nS there is no current flowing through the primary coil,and thus no power being consumed. For the last 50nS,the current inverts,which would indicate power being returned to the source.

Now,if you look at the current trace in scope shot two(the secondary coil circuit),you will see no drop in current that reflects the current value through the primary coil. You will also see that the current flowing through the secondaries circuit is far greater than that flowing through the primary coil-even with the 63 ohm series resistor.

The last scope shot shows all four traces--voltage across the primary CVR series(yellow trace)current through the primary(dark blue trace) voltage across the secondary CVR series(purple trace),and current through the secondary circuit(light blue trace).

I will leave it up to you guys to calculate P/in and P/dissipated by the secondary circuit  ;)


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This thread is devoted to the capacitive coupling effect of bifilar and overlay transformers at T=0

So to kick things off,i offer the following test and results.
The circuit is as below.

What we are looking at in the scope shots below,is a 200nS pulse across our bifilar wound coil,which has a winding ratio of 1:1,and wire of the same size and type.

With this type of transformer,we should never see a higher current flow through the secondary to that of the primary,but as you can see,that is not the case here. Here we see not only a far greater current value flowing through the secondary,but a voltage across the load/CVR series equal to that of the voltage across the primary coil.

This is not normal induction taking place here. This is capacitive charging from the primary coil to the secondary coil. The flow of current through the primary has very little to do with the induction of the secondary.
It would seem that the secondary is being induced via the electric field created by displacement current during the charging of the capacitance between coils. As can be seen in the scope shots,this results in far more power being dissipated through the secondaries circuit to that supplied to the primary coil.

If we look at scope shot 1,where CH4 is across our 10 ohm CVR,and CH1 is across the primary coil and CVR,you will notice something very odd with the current trace,and so,the current through the primary coil.

You will see that for the first 25nS,the current through the primary coil rises,but then starts to fall until reaching a 0 value at 100nS. For the next 50nS there is no current flowing through the primary coil,and thus no power being consumed. For the last 50nS,the current inverts,which would indicate power being returned to the source.

Now,if you look at the current trace in scope shot two(the secondary coil circuit),you will see no drop in current that reflects the current value through the primary coil. You will also see that the current flowing through the secondaries circuit is far greater than that flowing through the primary coil-even with the 63 ohm series resistor.

The last scope shot shows all four traces--voltage across the primary CVR series(yellow trace)current through the primary(dark blue trace) voltage across the secondary CVR series(purple trace),and current through the secondary circuit(light blue trace).

I will leave it up to you guys to calculate P/in and P/dissipated by the secondary circuit  ;)


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Hi Brad,
Excellent work, Over the years I have noticed something happening with short pulses, I found generally under 600 us but never got anywhere close to 200 ns.  It looks to me, just eyeballing everything, to be about a COP of 6, we will see what the math people say. Good work please do not stop!
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I don't know whether this helps, but I have found great insight by analysing transformers in the magnetic domain where flux Phi acts like current and ampere-turns (mmf) acts like voltage and the core reluctance R acts like resistance.  You can go beyond the simple magnetic Ohm's Law (mmf=Phi * R) to include dynamic analysis when a loaded secondary acts like an inductance L obeying mmf=-L*dPhi/dt.  If you can force some other mmf into the circuit obeying something like mmf=+K*dPhi/dt then you effectively nullify the appearance of the load and you get into unusual territory where you get more out than you put in.  I have a feeling that capacitive coupling from the primary drives current through the secondary to achieve something like this.  If you consider sine waves it comes down to phase shifts, and if you plot flux v mmf (flux v ampere-turns) you get a lissajous figure that is a simple ellipse.  It is well known that a CCW traverse of that ellipse represents a loss (usually quoted as a core hysteresis loss) but a CW traverse represents a gain (the core seemingly supplies power).  Perhaps that capacitive coupling is doing just that.  I'll try to put some meat onto this hypothesis.

I am reminded of small signal transformers that deliberately have a capacitor connecting primary to secondary, the Foster Seeley discriminator or FM demodulator is an example.  There the phase shift provided by the capacitor is used to advantage.

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It's not as complicated as it may seem...
Assuming for a moment that the transfer from Pri to Sec is largely through capacitive coupling of the bifilar windings (certainly possible), would the current measurement through CVR1 in its present position have much meaning?

It is a little more difficult, but CVR1 placed in series with the diode (cathode / output side) might provide a current trace more similar to that on CVR2.

One method to do this would be a differential measurement using two probes across the series CVR1. If CH1 and CH4, then you would use a math trace of CH1-CH4 (or vice versa). Experiment with the ground probe of each, as you may not need one at all, since one of the other channels is already on ground.



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Assuming for a moment that the transfer from Pri to Sec is largely through capacitive coupling of the bifilar windings (certainly possible), would the current measurement through CVR1 in its present position have much meaning?

It is a little more difficult, but CVR1 placed in series with the diode (cathode / output side) might provide a current trace more similar to that on CVR2.

One method to do this would be a differential measurement using two probes across the series CVR1. If CH1 and CH4, then you would use a math trace of CH1-CH4 (or vice versa). Experiment with the ground probe of each, as you may not need one at all, since one of the other channels is already on ground.

CVR1 is there to show that it is capacitive coupling that is creating current flow through the secondary,and not normal induction.


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It's not as complicated as it may seem...
And where does that leave you?


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And where does that leave you?

Ah,ok

This thread is a carryon from the discussion on the BEMF minomer thread.

If you read the last couple of pages on that thread,you will know what this one is about.

Sorry,i should have stated that in the first post here.


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Brad,
Current through the capacitive coupling does not flow through CVR1 so using just CVR1 as a measure of total input current is incorrect.  This is the point that poynt is making. (Sorry about too many points there!)  You have already done a measurement of a proper input current waveform in your reply 103 on the parametric charging thread using your light box.  If you did that here you would see the capacitive current added to the primary coil current.  That could alter things considerably in respect of true input power.

I have looked into this from the theoretical viewpoint using magnetic domain analysis where I consider a deliberate capacitive connection from the primary across to a tertiary winding, so the transformer has three windings.  You can get the situation where the input to the primary coil is completely reactive so no real power transfer there.  Unfortunately there is a real power transfer through the capacitor, so OU is unlikely.  I have some equation solving to do before I can show definiteley no OU.
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Please reread what Poynt is saying and what Smudge has also said. There is a sneak path through the interwinding capacitance that bypasses the CVR in it's current position. If you add this capacitance to your drawing you will see it.

As Poynt has stated the CVR should be in the SG lead.

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Please reread what Poynt is saying and what Smudge has also said. There is a sneak path through the interwinding capacitance that bypasses the CVR in it's current position. If you add this capacitance to your drawing you will see it.

OK,has anyone read my first post?,where i clearly state that this power transfer is via capacitive coupling.

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As Poynt has stated the CVR should be in the SG lead.

Are you sure this will then show that the current through the primary coil will be the same(if not higher) than that flowing through the secondary coil and load?.How will more power be delivered from the positive end of the coil to that of the ground end,so as we have a potential difference across the secondary coil?
Where would you draw the capacitor so as it would make more current flow through CVR2 to that of CVR 1 ?

Instead of just dismissing something so quickly,i offer you a little something.

Below is the amended schematic,and scope shot of the results.
CH2 is showing the current through CVR 1. V/PD is 200mV for that channel
CH1 and CH3 are showing the differential voltage across CVR2,where the secondary circuit is now floating.
The V/PD of CH1 and CH3 is 1V/PD

We now know any current flowing into the primary coil,must flow in through CVR 1 on the ground side,as that is the way current flows.


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With fast pulses Brad has demonstrated that you can't ignore interwinding capacitances.  You also can't ignore self capacitance of an isolated body.  Don't matter how far away from earth or ground you go a body still has self capacitance.  Attached are Brad's two circuits showing the input current paths that do not flow through CVR1.  The second circuit where the secondary is isolated I show the self capacitance as part of that current path.  If Brad could do his light box trick or move CVR1 into the earthy connection from the pulse source (i.e. the pulse source is floating) this would throw light onto total input current
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Dear Brad

I want to say that I think your experiments with capacitive coupling between windings is valuable especially if accurate I/O power measurements can be obtained.

This area was somewhat explored back in the pancake coil testing but perhaps not enough depth of research was done.

Partzman is also working along these lines with his transformer made of Litz wire which provides a maximum capacitive coupling effect for round conductors when the separate twisted strands are used as pri and sec.

We suppose the next step might be pri and sec made of foils with a dielectric, like a capacitor.

It should be interesting to see if the capacitance can pump the ether in a manner to extract OU.

Thanks for creating this thread.

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Dear Brad

I want to say that I think your experiments with capacitive coupling between windings is valuable especially if accurate I/O power measurements can be obtained.

This area was somewhat explored back in the pancake coil testing but perhaps not enough depth of research was done.

Partzman is also working along these lines with his transformer made of Litz wire which provides a maximum capacitive coupling effect for round conductors when the separate twisted strands are used as pri and sec.

We suppose the next step might be pri and sec made of foils with a dielectric, like a capacitor.

It should be interesting to see if the capacitance can pump the ether in a manner to extract OU.

Thanks for creating this thread.

Regards

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It just so happens that i still have that coil i made out of flat copper tape,which has clear durex tape in between the two bifilar windings. I made this back when we were looking into and testing bifilar pancake coils over at OU.com. I had totally forgot i had that until you just mentioned making such a coil.
If my memory serves me correct,i think it had a capacitance value of 1.2uF between the two windings,which is quite high for a bifilar wound coil.

I'll go see if i can find one of the videos on it,and post it here.


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Ok ION,i found one of the video's  O0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JK7PYBdMUI

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Ok ION,i found one of the video's  O0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JK7PYBdMUI

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Nice  O0

I have some ideas for Pin / Pout testing of your device that may be interesting. I'll post them later when I draw something up.


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Nice  O0

I have some ideas for Pin / Pout testing of your device that may be interesting. I'll post them later when I draw something up.

Looking forward to it.


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Insights into the Capacitance that exists between
the Primary and Secondary windings in a transformer:

What is an Electrostatic Shield?

What is a Faraday Shield?

Would the Shield be a desirable feature for a Pulse Driven
Power Transformer?


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Insights into the Capacitance that exists between
the Primary and Secondary windings in a transformer:

What is an Electrostatic Shield?

What is a Faraday Shield?

Would the Shield be a desirable feature for a Pulse Driven
Power Transformer?

If the input is purely reactive,can capacitance between winding actually put current and voltage back into phase to once again create real powe?.

If so,would this mean no power in,due to it being all reactive,but power out,as it is real power?.

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Nice  O0

I have some ideas for Pin / Pout testing of your device that may be interesting. I'll post them later when I draw something up.

I dusted off the old coil,and was doing some frequency sweep's,when i spotted the math showing something odd at a certain frequency.

Anyway,here is the video related to the scope shot below.
Forgot to mention divide power by 100,for the 100 ohm resistor-but you get the idea.
thought's ?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCyTSorOzss

I will also add,as can be seen in the scopeshot,that we also have a DC current flow from an AC source. Although it looks like an AC waveform (blue trace),it has a clear DC offset,where only the amplitude of that DC current is changing.


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Nicely done Brad.

A note on the scopeshot: If you tell the channel that is monitoring current to display Units of "Amps", then the Math trace 1 x 2
usually is smart enough to automatically give units in Watts. If both channels Units remain set to Volts the math trace shows
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Nicely done Brad.

A note on the scopeshot: If you tell the channel that is monitoring current to display Units of "Amps", then the Math trace 1 x 2
usually is smart enough to automatically give units in Watts. If both channels Units remain set to Volts the math trace shows
up as "U" which I think is just generic "Units".

Thanks TK
Is this something worth looking into?,or is there nothing special going on here?.
I have not seen the scope show a negative power calculation before.

I have found many different frequencies where i can get the power measurement on the scope to read a negative value,and as you can see,get the current to go DC without rectification-well,of the known type anyway.

Another scope shot below from tonight's experimenting.
20V/PP from the SG at around 4.31MHz.
I am using a 100 ohm CVR,and so the calculated power must be divided by that 100.

Have you been able to get your scope to give a negative power calculation?.
If so,what is going on here?--dose this mean that the coil is producing more power than is being delivered to it?.


It is good you have the same scope as mine,and i will swap the current trace to Amps  O0


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Thanks TK
Is this something worth looking into?,or is there nothing special going on here?.
I have not seen the scope show a negative power calculation before.

I have found many different frequencies where i can get the power measurement on the scope to read a negative value,and as you can see,get the current to go DC without rectification-well,of the known type anyway.

Another scope shot below from tonight's experimenting.
20V/PP from the SG at around 4.31MHz.
I am using a 100 ohm CVR,and so the calculated power must be divided by that 100.

Have you been able to get your scope to give a negative power calculation?.
If so,what is going on here?--dose this mean that the coil is producing more power than is being delivered to it?.


It is good you have the same scope as mine,and i will swap the current trace to Amps  O0


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Thanks Brad, interesting. I only have an FG that goes up to 1MHZ. I do have some of those coils though and the same scope. Hopefully tomorrow night I'll get them out of the shipping container into the shed. `
   
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Thanks TK
Is this something worth looking into?,or is there nothing special going on here?.
I haven't been following closely because I'm dealing with some personal issues at present, so I can't really evaluate anything except what I see now.
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I have not seen the scope show a negative power calculation before.
I have. I think we have to be very careful talking about "negative" power. The calculation V x I gives a negative answer when either (but not both) V or I are negative. This means that the current direction is important in giving the answer, but the current direction isn't important when considering power dissipated in a load. That is, current going either direction through a load still gives "positive" power dissipation in the load. And "power returned to the source" is often simply dissipated in that source, as anyone who has burned out the output resistors of a FG knows. So that gives a calculation of negative power but still results in real power being dissipated away from the DUT, somewhere or another.
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I have found many different frequencies where i can get the power measurement on the scope to read a negative value,and as you can see,get the current to go DC without rectification-well,of the known type anyway.

Check out Tesla's patent #413,353
It might be relevant here.
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Another scope shot below from tonight's experimenting.
20V/PP from the SG at around 4.31MHz.
I am using a 100 ohm CVR,and so the calculated power must be divided by that 100.

Have you been able to get your scope to give a negative power calculation?.
If so,what is going on here?--dose this mean that the coil is producing more power than is being delivered to it?.
I'm trying to find an example in my files of such a case. Something as simple as having a probe connected "in the wrong direction" can cause this, and I also think that phase shift values near the 90, 180, and 270 degree points cause whacky calculation results. Not because the results are wrong necessarily but because the calculations are so very sensitive to small changes in the measurements at those points (hence noise and other unwanted influences can complicate things.)
Does this mean the coil is producing power instead of consuming it in its winding resistance and EM radiation? Probably not, but I'm saying that because it's the default position. Just like with Partzman's Mystery Coil, also operating at very near 90 degrees in VI phase space, one may need a lot of further work to track down the actual cause of a particular unusual or interesting measurement.

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It is good you have the same scope as mine,and i will swap the current trace to Amps  O0


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Keep up the good work. I can't follow along as closely as I might want to at the moment but I hope I can help in some small ways.
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