When a design needs auxiliary voltage rails and the associated current loads are modest, capacitor pump voltage multipliers are often the simplest, cheapest, and most efficient way to make them. Wow ...

The circuit in this Design Ideauses a Microchip 12F10 controllerto drive a voltage multiplier ladderand a single pin to output status and toinput a trigger signal you supply (Figure1). When you ...

Over the last 40 years, a series of misconceptions regarding mica capacitor applications has led novice users to consistently over-derate wound or rolled mica/epoxy dielectric capacitors. The mined ...