[Amps] Solid State HF High power linear amps

Tomm Aldridge KD7QAE at ARRL.NET
Tue Mar 29 11:33:07 EST 2005


I like the 336V EV bus myself!  Worked on one for Onan a decade ago that 
went into a HEV that Ford was making.  My part was the 20kW 3 ph 
rectifier / boost converter regulator for the 336V bus.  Would make a 
very nice QQRO PSU for transistorized amps in the 12 to 15kW range 
running off 3 ph.

Tomm

Richard Measures wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2005, at 11:14 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
>>
>>>I personally have gravitated towards 2SC2879's, MRF120's, and
>>>MRF455's for the car... the 2SC2879's are 14 VDC devices and are
>>>super dirt cheap in quantity.... even from a high-buck place like RF
>>>Parts.
>>>
>>>A buddy of mine, K0UM is in the process of building a 48 VDC MRF150
>>>amp for his car... using a voltage quadrupler of a simple design (now
>>>I say simple, knowing full well he owns a power supply design
>>>company).  The higher voltage devices have better efficiency.
>>
>>It's probably not long until 36V car electrics become commonplace.
> 
> 
> BMW is reportedly going to 42Volts.  This makes much sense for starting 
> diesel engines and QRO mobiles.
> 
>>Steve
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