Voltage Tripler Kit

Description

Voltage Tripler is the circuit where we get thrice of the peak input voltage like if the peak voltage of AC voltage is 5 volt, we will get 15 volt DC at the output. Generally, transformers are there to step up or step down the voltage, but sometimes transformers are not feasible because of their size and cost. This kind of voltage Tripler (voltage multiplier) can be built using a few diodes and capacitors.

These Voltage Tripler Circuits are very useful where High DC voltage needs to be generated with Low AC voltage and low current is required, like in CRT (Cathode ray tubes) monitors in TV and computers. CRT monitor requires high DC voltage with low current. During the first positive half cycle of AC, Diode D1 gets forward biased and the capacitor gets charged through the diode. Capacitor C gets charged up to the peak voltage of AC. A similar second half cycle will also work as well as.