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An Oudin coil, also called an Oudin oscillator or Oudin resonator, is a disruptive discharge coil, that is a transformer
Transformer

A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one electrical network to another through inductive coupling conductors — the transformer's coils or "windings"....
 designed to produce high voltage
High voltage

The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements....
 arcs and discharges
Corona discharge

In electricity, a corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor , which occurs when the potential gradient exceeds a certain value, but conditions are insufficient to cause complete electrical breakdown or electric arc....
, similar to a Tesla coil
Tesla coil

A Tesla coil is a type of Transformer#Resonant transformers circuit invented by Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is generally used to generate very high voltage, low Electrical current, high frequency alternating current electricity....
. It was invented by French physician Paul Marie Oudin
Paul Oudin

Paul Marie Oudin was a France Physician. He was born, and later died, in ?pinal. He developed the "Oudin coil", which is an autotransformer resonator....
 and physicist Jacques d'Arsonval around 1899.

The device is a high frequency
High frequency

High frequency radio frequency are between 3 and 30 Megahertz. Also known as the decameter band or decameter wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decameters ....
 current generator
Electrical generator

In electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction....
 which uses the principles of electrical resonant
Electrical resonance

Electrical resonance occurs in an electrical network at a particular Resonance when the Electrical impedance between the input and output of the circuit is at a minimum ....
 circuit
Electrical network

An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical elements such as resistors, inductors, capacitors, transmission lines, voltage sources, current sources, and switches....
s. It produces an antinode
Node (physics)

A node is a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. For instance, in a vibrating guitar string, the ends of the string are nodes....
 of high potential
Potential

*The mathematical study of potentials is known as potential theory; it is the study of harmonic functions on manifolds. This mathematical formulation arises from the fact that, in physics, the scalar potential is irrotational, and thus has a vanishing Laplacian ? the very definition of a harmonic function....
. The high-voltage
Voltage

Electrical tension is the potential difference between two points of an electrical or electronic circuit, expressed in volts. It is the measurement of the potential for an electric field to cause an electric current in an electrical conductor....
, self-regenerative
Regenerative circuit

The regenerative circuit allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times by the same vacuum tube or other Electrical element such as a field effect transistor....
 resonant transformer
Transformer

A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one electrical network to another through inductive coupling conductors — the transformer's coils or "windings"....
 has the bottom end of the primary and secondary coils connected together and firmly grounded.

Oudin coils generate high voltages
High voltage

The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements....
 at high frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
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An Oudin coil, also called an Oudin oscillator or Oudin resonator, is a disruptive discharge coil, that is a transformer
Transformer

A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one electrical network to another through inductive coupling conductors — the transformer's coils or "windings"....
 designed to produce high voltage
High voltage

The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements....
 arcs and discharges
Corona discharge

In electricity, a corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor , which occurs when the potential gradient exceeds a certain value, but conditions are insufficient to cause complete electrical breakdown or electric arc....
, similar to a Tesla coil
Tesla coil

A Tesla coil is a type of Transformer#Resonant transformers circuit invented by Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is generally used to generate very high voltage, low Electrical current, high frequency alternating current electricity....
. It was invented by French physician Paul Marie Oudin
Paul Oudin

Paul Marie Oudin was a France Physician. He was born, and later died, in ?pinal. He developed the "Oudin coil", which is an autotransformer resonator....
 and physicist Jacques d'Arsonval around 1899.

The device is a high frequency
High frequency

High frequency radio frequency are between 3 and 30 Megahertz. Also known as the decameter band or decameter wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decameters ....
 current generator
Electrical generator

In electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction....
 which uses the principles of electrical resonant
Electrical resonance

Electrical resonance occurs in an electrical network at a particular Resonance when the Electrical impedance between the input and output of the circuit is at a minimum ....
 circuit
Electrical network

An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical elements such as resistors, inductors, capacitors, transmission lines, voltage sources, current sources, and switches....
s. It produces an antinode
Node (physics)

A node is a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. For instance, in a vibrating guitar string, the ends of the string are nodes....
 of high potential
Potential

*The mathematical study of potentials is known as potential theory; it is the study of harmonic functions on manifolds. This mathematical formulation arises from the fact that, in physics, the scalar potential is irrotational, and thus has a vanishing Laplacian ? the very definition of a harmonic function....
. The high-voltage
Voltage

Electrical tension is the potential difference between two points of an electrical or electronic circuit, expressed in volts. It is the measurement of the potential for an electric field to cause an electric current in an electrical conductor....
, self-regenerative
Regenerative circuit

The regenerative circuit allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times by the same vacuum tube or other Electrical element such as a field effect transistor....
 resonant transformer
Transformer

A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one electrical network to another through inductive coupling conductors — the transformer's coils or "windings"....
 has the bottom end of the primary and secondary coils connected together and firmly grounded.

Oudin coils generate high voltages
High voltage

The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements....
 at high frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
. Oudin coils produce smaller currents than other disruptive discharge coils (such as the later version of the Tesla coil
Tesla coil

A Tesla coil is a type of Transformer#Resonant transformers circuit invented by Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is generally used to generate very high voltage, low Electrical current, high frequency alternating current electricity....
). The Oudin coil is modified for greater safety
Safety

Safety is the state of being "safe" , the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable....
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See also

  • Tesla coil
    Tesla coil

    A Tesla coil is a type of Transformer#Resonant transformers circuit invented by Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is generally used to generate very high voltage, low Electrical current, high frequency alternating current electricity....
  • Van de Graaff generator
    Van de Graaff generator

    A Van de Graaff generator is an Electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate very high electrostatically stable voltages on a hollow metal globe....
  • Wimshurst machine
    Wimshurst machine

    The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by United Kingdom inventor James Wimshurst ....
  • Static electricity
    Static electricity

    Static electricity refers to the buildup of electric charge on the surface of objects. The static charges remains on an object until they either bleed off to ground or are quickly neutralized by a discharge....


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