2002 · 18 citations · 4 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringCircuit TheoryMicroelectronicsPower ElectronicsNorton Equivalent CircuitsSmall-signal AnalysisTransfer FunctionsTwo-port NetworksEquivalent Circuit AnalysisEquivalent Circuit ModelingMultipliersSmall-signal Equivalent Circuit ModelsSmall-signal Equivalent CircuitsSmall-signal GainSmall-signal ModelingVoltage Multipliers
A description of the small-signal dynamics of the Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier is obtained through state-space modeling in discrete time. Its small-signal equivalent circuit is a two-port linear network whose four transfer functions are expressed in the z-transform domain. General formulae for the multiplier with an arbitrary number of cells are derived; expressions for prime parameters such as the cut-off frequency, gain, and output resistance are given, and frequency dependences of module and phases are plotted.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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