Unit – 6 voltage regulators
VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS Voltage multipliers are used to step up the output voltage level to two or more times the peak voltage of input. The various voltage multiplier circuits are: Voltage Doubler Voltage Tripler Voltage Quadrapler
Voltage Doublers A voltage doubler provides an output that is twice its peak input voltage. Half wave Voltage Doubler Full wave voltage Doubler
Half wave Voltage Doubler
Operation During Positive Half cycle of input: D1 forward biased D2 reverse biased Capacitor C1 will charged to Vm
Operation During negative half cycle of input: D1 reverse biased D2 forward biased Capacitor C2 gets charged. Voltage across C1 remain as Vm.
Contd…..
FULL WAVE VOLTAGE DOUBLER
CONTD…….. During positive half cycle: D1 forward biased. Capacitor C1 charges to Vm
Contd…. During negative half cycle: D2 forward biased. Capacitor C2 charges to Vm
Contd…..
Voltage Tripler
Operation During first positive cycle: D1 forward biased. D2, D3 reverse biased. C1 charges to Vm
Contd….. During next negative half cycle: D2 forward biased. C1 will holds entire charge and voltage remains as Vm. C2 charges to 2Vm
Contd…
Contd….. In next positive half cycle: C2 retains voltage 2Vm D3 is forward biased. D1, D2 reverse biased. C3 charges to 2Vm.
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Voltage Quadrupler