大部分人一看到多波振荡器的工作方式和电火花，就会很自然的联想到特斯拉线圈。但是两者之间的区别是很大的，工作方式也不同。
首先说说特斯拉线圈的工作原理，特斯拉线圈简单的讲就是一台升压变压器，这种变压器初级和次级均是一个振荡电路，且振荡频率相同，因此两者之间会产生谐振，进而由于特斯拉线圈次级的高度与波长的特定比例关系，会在次级线圈中产生驻波，这些驻波会进一步升高次级线圈的电压，直到电弧放电破坏了这种振荡。所以即使在非常低的功率下，特斯拉线圈的电弧长度也一般非常大。也就是说它的共振是发生在自己本身的，轻微的扰动就会破坏它本身的共振。如果把多波振荡器的铜环天线接到特斯拉线圈的次级，这样制作的设备，如果功率足够大，你会发现它的电弧是从外部铜环向内部的铜环放电，而多波振荡器的电弧总是朝向大地。
多波振荡器的电弧在光线比较好的时候是很难看到的，尽管功率比较大，但是电弧长度总是相对特斯拉线圈要短的多。多波振荡器是以创建一个高频电场为目的，其电场分布相对特斯拉线圈比较均匀。当人体处于两个天线之间时，人体能充分吸收来自天线发射的高频电场。
尽管它们有很多的相似之处，如升压和电弧，但是根本上是不同的。
When most people see how multiwave oscillators work and spark, they naturally think of Tesla coils. But the difference between the two is big and the way they work is different.
First of all, the working principle of Tesla coil, Tesla coil is simply a step-up transformer, this transformer primary and secondary are an oscillating circuit, and the oscillation frequency is the same, so there will be resonance between the two, and then due to the Tesla coil secondary height and wavelength of the specific proportional relationship, will produce standing waves in the secondary coil, these standing waves will further increase the voltage of the secondary coil, until the arc discharge destroyed this oscillation. Therefore, even at very low power, the arc length of Tesla coils is generally very large. That is to say, its resonance occurs in itself, and a slight disturbance will destroy its resonance. If the copper ring antenna of the multiwave oscillator is connected to the secondary of the Tesla coil, the device made in this way, if the power is large enough, you will find that its arc discharges from the outer copper ring to the inner copper ring, while the arc of the multiwave oscillator is always toward the earth.
The arc of the multiwave oscillator is difficult to see when the light is good, although the power is relatively large, but the arc length is always much shorter than that of the Tesla coil. The purpose of multiwave oscillator is to create a high frequency electric field, and its electric field distribution is more uniform than Tesla coil. When the human body is between two antennas, the human body can fully absorb the high-frequency electric field emitted from the antenna.
Although they have many similarities, such as boost and arcing, they are fundamentally different.