Flyback Driver User Manual: General Description Main Characteristics

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Main characteristics

General description
The ZVS100 board is basically a power
oscillator which is used in applications like
driving a flyback transformer or an
induction heating coil.
This board has 4 high quality capacitors
which are connected in parallel with the
output coil. Thus, the oscillation frequency
is determined by the resonant frequency of
the resulting tank circuit.
As the flyback is driven in resonance with
the boards capacitors, this sort of flyback
driver is called resonant driver. More
specifically its a ZVS flyback driver (Zero
Voltage Switching).
ZVS means that the boards transistors
switch off when their Vds voltage is already
0V. This leads to no voltage spikes on the
transistors drain and therefore a more
robust and durable board.
Another important consequence of all of the
above is a considerably good power
efficiency by which this board doesnt need a
heat sink.

ZVS100

ZVS Resonant driver


No heatsink needed.
Overload protection. This board
incorporates a resettable fuse. If you
exceed 3A for too much time this fuse
will start limiting the current.
Compatible to all flyback transformer on
which you can wind some turns of wire
around its ferrite core.
High current MKP10 capacitors
included.

Electrical characteristics

DC power input: 12V


P.S. current at no load: ~0.5A with coil.
P.S. current continuous: 3A
P.S. current max: 6A (resettable fuse
will shut down the board for protection.)
Driving voltage: Up to 120Vpp measured
between terminals A and B of load coil.
Frequency: You can calculate it as the
resonant frequency for your coil
connected to a 1.33uF capacitor.

What voltage can I achieve?


Around 30kV more or less depending on
the flyback transformer you use and the
number of turns you use for making your
primary coil.
This board drives your flyback in resonant
mode, not in flyback mode, so you will get
hot yellow arcs from it and once the arc is
initiated you will be able to enlarge a lot.
Thanks to this characteristic this board can
be used for making a Jacobs Ladder.

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1. How can I connect my coil to this board?


The most important thing here is to make a proper primary coil for your flyback transformer.
As you can see on fig. 1.1, this must be a center tapped coil.
This coil is made easily by winding 10 turns of enameled copper wire around the flyback core
and then connecting a third wire to the center turn just leaving 5 turns on each side. Take a
look to fig 1.2 to get a clear idea of how this coil could be. In this case a stranded wire and less
turns are used. Those are options especially useful if you will use this coil for induction
heating.
In the figure 1.3 is shown a detail of all connections.

Fig. 1.1 Connection schematic.

Fig. 1.2 Example of primary coil wind on the ferrite core.


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Fig. 1.3 Complete setup photo.

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