Voltage Multiplier Circuit Waveform. The most basic multiplier is a half wave doubler. This type of voltage multiplier configuration is known as a full wave series multiplier because one of the diodes is conducting in each half cycle the same as for a full wave rectifier circuit.
In the course of the subsequent positive half cycle d2 becomes reversed biased blocking mode. A tripler is a half wave doubler and a conventional rectifier stage peak detector. Using the method of extension of half wave voltage doubler circuit any voltage multipliers tripler quadrupler etc can be created.
In the left hand circuit in figure 13 4 is shown the simple voltage doubler.
A quadrupler is a pair of half wave doublers. When both the capacitor leakage and load are small we can achieve tremendously high dc voltages by means of these circuits that include several sections to step up increase the dc voltage. A voltage multiplier produces a dc multiple 2 3 4 etc of the ac peak input voltage. In the left hand circuit in figure 13 4 is shown the simple voltage doubler.
