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    This document summarizes a low-power voltage doubler circuit that can almost double the input voltage using only a few components. The circuit uses a multivibrator to generate pulses that are applied to transistors configured as a voltage doubling circuit. During each pulse cycle, one transistor charges a capacitor through diodes, increasing the voltage across an output capacitor to almost double the input voltage. Testing showed the circuit could increase an 8V input to a 13V output while operating at 1.25mA load current, making it suitable for low-power applications needing higher voltages than standard batteries provide.

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    This document summarizes a low-power voltage doubler circuit that can almost double the input voltage using only a few components. The circuit uses a multivibrator to generate pulses that are applied to transistors configured as a voltage doubling circuit. During each pulse cycle, one transistor charges a capacitor through diodes, increasing the voltage across an output capacitor to almost double the input voltage. Testing showed the circuit could increase an 8V input to a 13V output while operating at 1.25mA load current, making it suitable for low-power applications needing higher voltages than standard batteries provide.

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    This document summarizes a low-power voltage doubler circuit that can almost double the input voltage using only a few components. The circuit uses a multivibrator to generate pulses that are applied to transistors configured as a voltage doubling circuit. During each pulse cycle, one transistor charges a capacitor through diodes, increasing the voltage across an output capacitor to almost double the input voltage. Testing showed the circuit could increase an 8V input to a 13V output while operating at 1.25mA load current, making it suitable for low-power applications needing higher voltages than standard batteries provide.

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    CIRCUIT

    IDEAS
    IVEDI
    LOW-POWER VOLTAGE DOUBLER S.C. DW

     M.K. CHANDRA uses only a few components. Yet, the off while transistor T2 is driven into
    MOULEESWARAN AND output efficiency is 75 to 85 per cent saturation. Now, transistor T2 raises
    A.N. VADIVUDAI NAAYAKI along its operating voltage range. The the charge on the negative pole of ca-
    available battery voltage is almost pacitor C4 by another step equal to the

    A
    ll miniature electronic devices doubled at the output of the circuit. supply voltage. Therefore an equal
    operate off batteries. Some of Here IC1 is wired as an astable amount of charging is built up on ca-
    them need higher than the multivibrator to generate rectangular pacitor C5 via diode D3. This doubling
    standard battery voltages to operate pulses at around 10 kHz. This frequency action increases the total voltage across
    capacitor C5 to almost double the in-
    put voltage. If the output of the pulse
    generator is maintained with a high
    enough amplitude and frequency, the
    output voltage and current remain con-
    stant and cater to the needs of the load.
    Even with the half-wave function,
    this circuit is almost free of ripple volt-
    age. If the connected load doesn’t re-
    quire a high current, the efficiency can
    be expected in the upper 90 per cent
    ranges. Since the input voltage is
    doubled, the current drain from the
    input power supply is also doubled at
    the input but halved at the output.
    One point of caution is that if the
    efficiently. If the battery of that spe- and duty cycle of the pulses can be multivibrator’s frequency is fairly high,
    cific voltage is unavailable, we are varied using preset VR1. The pulses the output may suffer with the inter-
    forced to connect additional cells in se- are applied to switching transistors T1 ference imposed over the DC voltage.
    ries to step up the DC voltage. Thus, and T2 for driving the output section, In this case, the frequency must be set
    the true meaning of miniaturisation is which is configured as a voltage-dou- favourably by trials and actual load
    lost. A simple way to overcome this bling circuit. The doubled voltage is connection procedure.
    problem is to employ a voltage dou- available across capacitor C5. This tiny circuit can be assembled
    bler, if the device under consideration During each cycle of the pulse on the general-purpose PCB. If all of
    can operate at a small current. occurance, the high level drives T1 into the components are surface-mount
    Here we present a low-power volt- its saturation, keeping transistor T2 cut type, the whole module can be genu-
    age doubler circuit that can be readily off. So transistor T1 charges capacitor inely miniaturised.
    used with devices that demand higher C4 via the path formed by diodes D2 EFY Lab note. During testing with
    voltage than that of a standard bat- and D1 to a voltage level slightly lesser input of 8V and 1.25mA load current
    tery but low operating current to work than the supply. But during the low the output voltage was found to be
    with. The circuit is quite simple as it period of the pulse, transistor T1 is cut around 13V. 

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