• DocumentCode
    870622
  • Title

    Theoretical performance of voltage multiplier circuits

  • Author

    Brugler, J.S.

  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    6/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    132
  • Lastpage
    135
  • Abstract
    An expression for the equivalent source resistance of the capacitor diode voltage multiplier circuit is derived. The source resistance is found to increase as the cube of the multiplication factor, explaining the poor regulation observed with large multiplication. The distribution of capacitors that minimizes source resistance is presented. Good regulation is shown to be necessary for high efficiency, and to require relatively larger capacitors than needed for ripple filtering.
  • Keywords
    Equivalent circuits; Power supply circuits; equivalent circuits; power supply circuits; Capacitance; Capacitors; Coupling circuits; Degradation; Diodes; Filtering; Frequency; Performance analysis; Regulators; Voltage transformers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1971.1049670
  • Filename
    1049670