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High Voltage AC to DC

Hi all,

I need high voltage DC of very small amp. So I used IC 555 to produce the fluctuating current and step up using a radio transformer to high AC voltage, to about 2Kv. How do I go about converting this high voltage AC to high voltage DC?

TQ Newbie

Reply to
ZhangLu
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--+  +---[5KV DIODE]--+---->HVDC
  |  |                |
  P  S                |
  R  E            [3KV CAP]
  I  C                |
  |  |                |
--+  +----------------+---->HV COMMON
Reply to
John Fields

Bridge rectifier?

Michael

Reply to
mrdarrett 

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Yeah, sure, but then you\'ve got to buy at least four diodes, and
they\'ll all need to be fast, and at least 1kV PIV.  And then you\'ll
probably have to load them with parallel caps and/or resistors to
try to keep them balanced.  If you use a single diode and choose the
cap properly, that all goes away.

Note: "I need high voltage DC of very small amp"
Reply to
John Fields

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