Voltage Multiplier Circuit Using Diodes and Capacitors

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  • This electronics video tutorial explains the workings of a voltage multiplier circuit that can be made using diodes and capacitors. This circuit converts an AC signal into a DC voltage with an output that is nearly x2, x4, or even x6 the input voltage.
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  • @valenmosquera9
    @valenmosquera9 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You're literally the only person who didn't skip important steps. Thank you!

  • @mariolazzarini5806
    @mariolazzarini5806 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    By far the best explanation I´ve seen of this. Finally, someone explains in detail every cycle. Thank you so much!

  • @amitzerikunthe7635
    @amitzerikunthe7635 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i can't express in words how u tought this concept....i saw nearly 10 videos but i did't ge understand from anywhere but u explained it in very easy way.....thank you so much sir

  • @binbin6525
    @binbin6525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really appreciate your videos. Your videos are awesome and I can easily understand it. Thank you SO MUCH. You are a good speaker.

  • @alexgee248
    @alexgee248 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best explanation I've seen yet. For the first time I understand how this works.

  • @snoobeagle
    @snoobeagle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good tutorial! Helped me a lot!

  • @thanksgiving156
    @thanksgiving156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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  • @stephendixon8575
    @stephendixon8575 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent effort to explain the complexities of this type of circuit. It’s helpful that you explained why the voltage drops across the diodes were left out the calculations for the sake of simplicity, but I think it is also worth explaining that 12V AC power source in this is also being simplified to mean 12V Peak AC, rather than the usual 12V AC being RMS (i.e. an ‘average’ of 12V) where the peak voltage would actually be higher (~16.9V before diode voltage drops). Appreciate you’re trying to simplify things, but its important people understand the actual voltages would be much higher (especially if anyone is thinking of playing with making a real circuit!). Great job 👍

  • @Marimuthu-hn7pr
    @Marimuthu-hn7pr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @igorying8548
    @igorying8548 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very clear explanation, thanks!

  • @inventorbrothers7053
    @inventorbrothers7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome explanation! I now understand how this circuit works! Thanks!

  • @thehaseeb9136
    @thehaseeb9136 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir, Only well explained video on YT.

  • @Amandeeprana437
    @Amandeeprana437 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much, i understand easily from your video..

  • @JackieBrown3123
    @JackieBrown3123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good explanation thank you. What type of diode and capacitor could we use? What is the maximum frequency used with this circuit?

  • @user-sc5hj4nu3u
    @user-sc5hj4nu3u 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good explanation, thanks!! Is it possible to multiply voltage of small signals using this method?

  • @akamiyire4147
    @akamiyire4147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow your voice is very clear in this video thanks man keep the good work God bless you million times a day.

  • @landonfrigault2183
    @landonfrigault2183 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh man, the things I would do to this man, for all the help he's given me over my career, insane.

  • @energyforever720
    @energyforever720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    does the voltage across the capacitors ever get higher than double the input voltage? like, if you had 100 stages, would the voltage measured across the capacitor in the 100th stage only be double the input voltage? im trying to understand what capacitors should be used in a circuit like this, that info was absent from the video for some reason. is there a rule of thumb for picking capacitors for votage multiplier circuits, like 4 times the input voltage no matter how many stages you make? also, is there a maximum amount of stages you can make?

  • @ATLAStheprima-synth
    @ATLAStheprima-synth 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi I have a question well a few the first one is do I have to have a transformer on the input the second one is do you need different number diode‘s for each connection because I only have one kind third I’m using a set called snap circuits and the only other numbered diode‘s have lights on them which sucks up a lot of voltage please respond thank you

  • @Glockperfection666
    @Glockperfection666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best !!!

  • @nishitjoshi1600
    @nishitjoshi1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    can you make a explanation video on voltage multiplier ckt working a dc source

  • @blissboy1642
    @blissboy1642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please I want to know if this strategy also work for Ac to AC voltage booster

  • @sravanth3008
    @sravanth3008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yo whats that software you use man?

  • @sakdavith6969
    @sakdavith6969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could u make an explanation vid on integrated circuit?

  • @alimuhammad.s3013
    @alimuhammad.s3013 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is this a practical ckt?
    Can we run loads on it like LCD?

  • @Lababthuh
    @Lababthuh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why does the current not flow to C2 in the 1st negative cycle?

  • @luizcvieira3124
    @luizcvieira3124 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So... if you manage to control the 12Vac from 0 to 12, you're going to have a 0 to 72Vcc controlled output, minus all diodes' voltage drops. Considering a possible high-voltage source to, say, capacitor revival, a sinusoidal generator (60Hz or some more suitable frequency) connected to the input of a "tunned" symmetrical power amplifier with some tens of output voltage and some hundreds of milliamps @ its output and driving a multiplier would then give us a DIY controlled high-voltage, low-current capacitor revival circuit. Also, each diode junction would provide some lower voltage output, that could be connected to a selection switch for max voltage output. Hummm... Sound "delicious"... Of course, capacitors' working voltage MUST be carefully set, or else... KABOOM!!!

  • @ninjafishing7120
    @ninjafishing7120 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can i series the capacitor without the diode ? Will it work ?

  • @kruimels
    @kruimels ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in the Netherlands, were we have 220 volt ac.
    What kind of capacitors and diodes I need?

  • @doprisi
    @doprisi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you discharge the circuit, will only the last capacitator be discharged or all at once? I would bet only the last given how a capacitator works.

  • @reginaldhorkyiiregorreggie1559
    @reginaldhorkyiiregorreggie1559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    current doesn't flow thru a capacitor. if it did it would be called a short. I think what you mean is charge the capacitor. outside of that, thanks. lol. I made one when I was ten. now I know why it didn't work. I used dc. I wonder if that's the same principle behind a fly back circuit. I'm designing an ac inverter for fun and I'm dead set on using the irfp250's that I ordered at 120v. hum? I know lower voltage rectification. but I don't want to. I want to use the 250's at a higher efficiency.

    • @jaysmith3259
      @jaysmith3259 ปีที่แล้ว

      Current always flows during capacitor charging until finished with the voltage you're charging it with.

  • @ShilohSedlak
    @ShilohSedlak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If every one of the capasitors are only rated at 12 volts will this system still work? Or do I need higher rated capasitors all the way down the line?

    • @inventorbrothers7053
      @inventorbrothers7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You would need an appropriately rated capacitor for the voltage potential it will be storing.

  • @descampk2346
    @descampk2346 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That parallel battery gon blow up

  • @successthruknowledge
    @successthruknowledge หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was a good lecture though I guess that I'm hazy yet why the current only goes through the nearest diode back to the negative terminal of the AC source and not dividing itself between the diode and the next capacitor along the wire. If you follow my reasoning. For example after the current passes through D1 and charges C1 then why doesn't it charge also C3?

    • @karhukivi
      @karhukivi หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just a quick answer, because as it charges C1 the voltage is held constant and a silicon diode needs a forward voltage of about 0.7V before it conducts, so D2 isn't conducting. .

    • @successthruknowledge
      @successthruknowledge หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@karhukivi thanks!

  • @adhambarakat8688
    @adhambarakat8688 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is he using conventional current flow?

  • @kristofersozo464
    @kristofersozo464 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there any simple formula for this circuit?

  • @Cien_Swiatla
    @Cien_Swiatla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you explain why D1 and D2 do not discharge the capacitor C2?

    • @PunmasterSTP
      @PunmasterSTP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the reason would be because the terminal of C2 connected to the cathode of D2 is at a higher voltage than the terminal of C2 connected to the anode of D1. Therefore the diodes would prevent the discharging of C2, since they would be reverse-biased in that situation.

    • @jaysmith3259
      @jaysmith3259 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the second half cycle coming off of source voltage plus charged C1 at 12 volts, makes it a 24volt charge to charge C2.

    • @Cien_Swiatla
      @Cien_Swiatla ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaysmith3259 Thx

  • @iwantsushant
    @iwantsushant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But In the mosquito bat this formula used with different style???

  • @ikekennedy9700
    @ikekennedy9700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How would you hook up the input and output

    • @brandonsmith8680
      @brandonsmith8680 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Input could be a battery and output could be an arc

  • @alessandrodesessa3158
    @alessandrodesessa3158 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do capacitors charge up one at a time ? Wouldn't they all charge at the same time ?

  • @usermlgbzzcnm
    @usermlgbzzcnm ปีที่แล้ว

    why in the first negative half cycle current isn't flowing through c2-d3-c3-c1 etc.

    • @jaysmith3259
      @jaysmith3259 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because current flows the path to Source with the least resistance with the voltage you're starting out with.

  • @bullblood1641
    @bullblood1641 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! I spent around 3 hours trying to understand this with different videos, but you helped me realize the key point in just 10 minutes. You're the best! 🎉🫶🏼

  • @kietluu4577
    @kietluu4577 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where are the positive and negative ends of the output voltage?

  • @aselim20.
    @aselim20. ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched it.

  • @indibil
    @indibil 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ¿And the ground is connected 1/2 wave to positive, and 1/2 wave to negative???? don't produce short circuit with the rest of circuit??

  • @newton4098
    @newton4098 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    wait parallel batteries dont subtract thier voltages. You either add the volts, or add the Amps......

  • @juanmf
    @juanmf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No increase in energy but no waste in skin effect of magnetic induction.

  • @Renshen1957
    @Renshen1957 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What you illustrate in this video is known as a Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier...

  • @abdessalemakerma4636
    @abdessalemakerma4636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the polarized capacitor cant run by Ac !!

    • @inventorbrothers7053
      @inventorbrothers7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ha good catch

    • @abdessalemakerma4636
      @abdessalemakerma4636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@inventorbrothers7053 what do u mean

    • @inventorbrothers7053
      @inventorbrothers7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abdessalemakerma4636 I meant that it was Good that you caught the mistake made in the video. That polarized capacitors can't take a reverse polarity voltage. That's all.

    • @abdessalemakerma4636
      @abdessalemakerma4636 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ah okey thanks

    • @S24W2
      @S24W2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually, the polarities on the capacitors are not changing

  • @paulosergioenergia1659
    @paulosergioenergia1659 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish know about frequence response of this kind of circuit, if someone did, plz awsner this coment.

  • @juancarlosabad3298
    @juancarlosabad3298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ...any AC voltage source is specified as Volts - RMS = Vrms...so a 12Vrms voltage source will charge the first capacitor at 12V*sqrt(2) = 16.97V ~17V (- voltage drop on the diode ~0.7)....~16.3V ...and not to 12V as wrongly explained in the video...

    • @abhiramkj2910
      @abhiramkj2910 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look into peak detectors

    • @jaysmith3259
      @jaysmith3259 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is explaining the first half cycle, not the second half cycle.

  • @Someone-de7wf
    @Someone-de7wf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What grade is this?

    • @keepmehomeplease
      @keepmehomeplease 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably college electromagnetism or AP chem

    • @Someone-de7wf
      @Someone-de7wf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Koop Bar Oh wow, thanks so much

    • @sakdavith6969
      @sakdavith6969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keepmehomeplease probably more of electronic engineering.

    • @keepmehomeplease
      @keepmehomeplease 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Someone-de7wf can't tell if you were being sarcastic but what i meant in actual grades was probably around 11th grade or college introductory type class

    • @ExodusX1
      @ExodusX1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@keepmehomeplease oh, I'm in 8th grade lol. I enjoy learning about electricity and circuits.

  • @Dinco422
    @Dinco422 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is not really 'as far as you want' because of the losses.

  • @mattstroker3742
    @mattstroker3742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why only ac? Why doesn't anyone talk about a DC version?

    • @WaffleRune
      @WaffleRune 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It should be easier, and then you use a rectifier to turn it into AC with a total voltage smaller than the peak voltage, but still above like, half of it, specifically Vp/√2

  • @thecyborg6718
    @thecyborg6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Current it flows only from negative to positive dude...

    • @mint2607
      @mint2607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It flows from positive to negative based on conventional flow. I think you're basing it on electron flow?

  • @niksa28
    @niksa28 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Charging of C3 is explained very badly, he should have simply said we got +36V and -12V charging it to 24V.

  • @blissboy1642
    @blissboy1642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please I want to know if this strategy also work for Ac to AC voltage booster

    • @Renshen1957
      @Renshen1957 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would be easy to use two transformers: Input Primary to mains voltage T1-then connect the secondary winding of T1 to secondary winding of T2, and use the primary winding as the AC voltage booster. Transformer 1 120V secondary 12 v to 12 v secondary winding T2 and Primary 230 V to 230 volts AC Use different secondary windings on T2 for desired voltage boost, advantage isolation from mains, disadvantage weight and current limited to secondary T2 rating.