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VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS

Maha George Zia


Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering Department
INTRODUCTION

Voltage multipliers use clamping action to increase peak


rectified voltages without the necessity of increasing the
transformers voltage rating
Voltage multipliers are used in high-voltage, low-current

applications such as cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) and particle


accelerators. Their types are:
Voltage Doubler:-

Half-Wave Voltage Doubler


Full-Wave Voltage Doubler

Voltage Tripler
Voltage Quadrupler
VOLTAGE DOUBLER
A) HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE DOUBLER
A voltage doubler is a voltage multiplier with a
multiplication factor of two. A half-wave voltage doubler is
shown below. During the positive half-cycle of the secondary
voltage, diode D1 is forward-biased and D2 is reverse-biased.
Capacitor C1 is charged to the peak of the secondary voltage
(Vp) less the diode drop with the polarity shown in part (a)
During the negative half-cycle, diode D2 is forward-biased
and D1 is reverse-biased, as shown in part (b). Since C1 cant
discharge, the peak voltage on C1 adds to the secondary
voltage to charge C2 to approximately 2Vp. Applying
Kirchhoffs law around the loop as shown in part (b).

the voltage across C2 is:

.(1)
But VC1 = VP -0.7

Neglecting the diode drop of D2, . Then


Substituting for VC1 , equation (1) becomes:

H.W :if a load resistance is connected across C2 ,


what will be the value of output voltage?

.
B) FULL-WAVE VOLTAGE DOUBLER

When the secondary voltage is positive, D1 is forward-


biased and C1 charges to approximately Vp, as shown in
part (a). During the negative half-cycle, D2 is forward-
biased and C2 charges to approximately Vp, as shown in
part (b). The output voltage, 2Vp, is taken across the two
capacitors in series
VOLTAGE TRIPLER
The addition of another diode-capacitor section to the half-wave
voltage doubler creates a voltage tripler. The operation is as
follows:
On the positive half-cycle of the secondary voltage, C1
charges to Vp through D1.

During the negative halfcycle,C2 charges to 2Vp through D2,


as described for the doubler.

During the next positive half-cycle, C3 charges to 2Vp


through D3. The tripler output is taken across C1 and C3, as
shown in the figure.
Voltage Tripler

Voltage Quadrupler
The addition of still another diode-capacitor section, as
shown below, produces an output four times the peak
secondary voltage.
C4 charges to 2Vp through D4 on a negative half-cycle. The
4Vp output is taken across C2 and C4, as shown below. In
both the tripler and quadrupler circuits, the PIV (peak
inverse voltage) of each diode is 2Vp

peak inverse voltage (PIV): is the maximum voltage that a diode can
withstand in the reverse direction without breaking down
or avalanching If this voltage is exceeded the diode may be destroyed.

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