When you set out to build a 60,000-volt power supply and find out that it “only” delivers a measly 50,000 volts, you naturally have to dive in and see where things can be improved. And boy, did ...

It used to be that nearly every home had at least one decent high-voltage power supply. Of course, it was dedicated to accelerating electrons and slamming them into phosphors so we could bathe ...

Surprising facts, like “old fangled” 3-leg linear regulators (LM317, LM337, LM350, et al.) can be used in shunt regulator topologies can sometimes inspire “new fangled” circuit designs. Figure 1 shows ...

Don’t get zapped when buying a new high-voltage DC power supply. Understand the specifications first. Lasers, linear accelera-tors, X-ray machines, defibrillators, radar, and numerous other ...

Main steps in designing high-voltage systems. Attaining high reliability and high efficiency for high voltage. What are Pockels cells? A look at Marx pulse generators and a proposed boost version of ...

I used to work on high-voltage power supplies whose basic high-voltage generation plan was the following (Figure 1): Figure 1 High-voltage power supply. High-voltage multiplier ladders varied from ...

It is common for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, industrial sensors, meters, precision, and medical equipment to require both a positive and negative voltage. Often, these voltages must be ...