Development of a New Cascade Voltage-Doubler for Voltage Multiplication

Table 1

Comparing the different topologies of the cascade voltage-doublers.

Circuit	Advantages	Disadvantages
CW [4],; Figure 2	(i) Single input supply; (ii) High-voltage capability	(i) High coupling voltage drop; (ii) Low output capacitance; (iii) Floating output capacitor; (iv) Small voltage gain
Dk [7],; Figure 3	(i) DC input supply; (ii) Low coupling voltage drop	(i) Low-voltage application; (ii) Needs clock pulses; (iii) Small voltage gain
KF [5],; Figure 4	(i) Single input supply; (ii) High-voltage capability; (iii) Low coupling voltage drop	(i) Needs many stages; (ii) Small voltage gain
New,; Figure 5	(i) Higher-voltage capability; (ii) Low coupling voltage drop; (iii) Requires fewer numbers of stages; (iv) Big voltage gain	(i) Multi-input supply

CW: Cockcroft-Walton circuit. Dk: Dickson circuit. KF: Karthaus-Fischer circuit. New: proposed circuit configuration.