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High voltage power supply

  • US 4,393,441 A
  • Filed: 07/17/1981
  • Issued: 07/12/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A power supply for producing a DC output voltage comprisinga plurality of serially-connected voltage producing stages including a first stage, a final stage, and intermediate stages therebetween, each of said stages includingbridge rectifier means having first and second side-string terminals and first and second center-string terminals;

  • a first circuit having series-connected, side-string capacitance and inductance means;

    a second circuit having series-connected, side-string capacitance and inductance means; and

    center-string capacitance means connected between said center-string terminals;

    an AC input voltage source, having a pair of output terminals for supplying an AC voltage having a substantially square wave shape;

    the first circuit of said first stage connected between one of the output terminals of said AC input voltage source and the first side-string terminal of the first stage bridge rectifier means;

    the second circuit of said first stage connected between the other of the output terminals of said AC input voltage source and the second side-string terminal of the first stage bridge rectifier means;

    the first center-string terminal of the bridge rectifier means of said first stage being connected to a first DC output terminal;

    the first circuit of each successive stage connected between the first side-string terminal of its bridge rectifier means and the first side-string terminal of the bridge rectifier means of the preceding stage;

    the second circuit of each successive stage being connected between the second side-string terminal of its bridge rectifier means and the second side-string terminal of the bridge rectifier means of the preceding stage;

    center-string inductance means connected from the first center-string terminal of the bridge rectifier means of each successive stage to the second center-string terminal of the bridge rectifier means of the preceding stage and from the first center-string terminal of said first stage to the first DC output terminal;

    the product of the values of the inductance means and the capacitance means of said first and second circuits of each of said stages and the product of the values of the center-string capacitance means and the center-string inductance means of each of said stages being selected to be substantially equal;

    the center-string terminal of the bridge rectifier means of the final stage providing a second DC output terminal.

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