Nikola Tesla invented his famous coil around 1890. Tesla used sundry versions of his coils for research into radio, X-ray production, radio control, gaseous discharge lighting systems, and wireless...
Solid state Tesla coils (SSTCs) have been around for quite some time now. From the first flyback transformer based SSTCs from the 1970's to the self-resonant full-bridge topologies of today, SSTCs...