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Tripping the Light Fantastic

Figure 11-7.
Conceptual classic
Royer converter.
Transformer ap-
proaching satura-
tion causes
switching.

At about this stage I sat back and stared at the wall. There comes a time in
every project where you have to gamble. At some point the analytics and
theorizing must stop and you have to commit to an approach and start
actually doing something. This is often painful, because you never really
have enough information and preparation to be confidently decisive. There
are never any answers, only choices. But there comes this time when your
gut tells you to put down the pencil and pick up the soldering iron.
Physicist Richard Feynman said, "If you're not confused when you
start, you're not doing it right." Somebody else, I think it was an artist,
said, "Inspiration comes while working." Wow, are they right. With cir-
cuits, as in life, never wait for your ship to come in. Build a raft and start
paddling.

A ='
Waveforms for the
classic Royer B _
circuit. c _

D = 2WEM1
E = 5A/DIV

HORIZ = 5pS/D!V

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