A power supply circuit is provided with: an AC voltage supply part; and one or more Cockcroft-Walton circuits. The one or more Cockcroft-Walton circuits include a plurality of output terminals and are supplied with an AC voltage from the AC voltage supply part. The plurality of output terminals are configured to output different DC potentials for each output terminal according to a magnitude of the AC voltage.

In an embodiment, a voltage multiplier comprises an input node, an output node, and first and second control nodes for receiving first and second clock signals defining two commutation states. An ordered sequence of intermediate nodes is coupled between the input and output nodes and includes two ordered sub-sequences. Capacitors are coupled: between each odd intermediate node in the first sub-sequence and the first control node; between each even intermediate node in the first sub-sequence and the second control node; between each odd intermediate node in the second sub-sequence and a corresponding odd intermediate node in the first sub-sequence; and between each even intermediate node in the second sub-sequence and a corresponding even intermediate node in the first sub-sequence. The circuit comprises selectively conductive electronic components coupled to the intermediate nodes.

A semiconductor device and the like with low power consumption are provided. In a semiconductor device including an electrostatic actuator group, an OS transistor and a capacitor are provided in each electrostatic actuator, and a power supply voltage supplied from the outside is boosted in each electrostatic actuator. The use of the OS transistor can retain the boosted voltage for a long period even after the supply of the power supply voltage is stopped. The use of the OS transistor can miniaturize the capacitor.

Fluctuations of an output voltage at the time of a sudden change in a load current is suppressed while keeping an increase in size of a device. According to one aspect of the present invention, a high-voltage power supply device capable of outputting a high voltage of both positive and negative polarities in a switchable manner, includes: a first voltage generation unit (1A) configured to output a high voltage of a positive polarity; a second voltage generation unit (1B) configured to output a high voltage of a negative polarity; a first discharging diode (2A) connected to a voltage output end of the first voltage generation unit in a direction in which when a high voltage is outputted to the voltage output end of the first voltage generation unit, the high voltage is applied to the first discharging diode in a reverse biased state; a second discharging diode (2B) connected to a voltage output end of the second voltage generation unit in a direction in which when a high voltage is outputted to the voltage output end of the second generation unit, the high voltage is applied to the second discharge diode in a reverse biased state; a first output circuit connected between the voltage output end of the first voltage generation unit and a polarity switching voltage output end which is common to both the positive and negative polarities, the first output circuit being configured by a first switch (3A1) and a protective resistor (5A) connected in series to each other, the first switch being configured by a voltage-controlled semiconductor switch; a second output circuit connected between the voltage output end of the second voltage generation unit and the polarity switching voltage output end, the second output circuit being configured by a second switch (3B1) and a protective resistor (5A) connected in series to each other, the second switch being configured by a voltage-controlled semiconductor switch; an output capacitor (4) connected in parallel to a load (100) to be connected to the polarity switching voltage output end; a controller (7) configured to control operations of the first voltage generation unit and the second voltage generation unit and opening/closing operations of the first switch and the second switch such that both the first voltage generation unit and the second voltage generation unit are turned on once in a state in which both the operations of the first voltage generation unit and the second voltage generation unit are stopped when switching a polarity of a voltage outputted from the polarity switching voltage output end; a first limitation unit (<

A convenient electronic circuit in which a switch is able to be switched through electric power obtained using weak radio waves is provided. An electronic circuit includes a switch which is connected between a power supply configured to output direct current (DC) electric power and a load driven through DC electric power supplied from the power supply and which switches a connection state between the power supply and the load from a non-conduction state to a conduction state; a power conversion circuit which includes a power input terminal to which electric power obtained through radio waves received by an antenna is input and a DC power output terminal configured to output DC electric power and which converts electric power input to the power input terminal into DC electric power and outputs the converted DC electric power from the DC power output terminal; and a control circuit configured to control a connection state of the switch to be in a conduction state when the power conversion circuit outputs DC electric power. The power conversion circuit includes at least a first capacitor, a first diode, a second capacitor, and a second diode.

The invention provides a power supply module and a charged particle beam device that are capable of reducing ripple noise. A high-voltage generation circuit 101 includes booster circuits CPa and CPb of two systems that are configured to be symmetrical to each other, and performs a boosting operation by using a capacitive element and a diode in the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems. The high-voltage generation circuit is housed in a housing and a reference power supply voltage is applied thereto. A left electrode 102a is fixedly provided in the vicinity of one of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing, and a right electrode 102b is fixedly provided in the vicinity of the other of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing. A stray capacitance adjustment circuit 100a adjusts capacitance values of stray capacitances of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems by electrically controlling an electrical connection characteristic between the left electrode 102a and the reference power supply voltage 104 and an electrical connection characteristic between the right electrode 102b and the reference power supply voltage 104

An apparatus for converting power includes at least one impedance matching network which receives an electrical signal. The apparatus includes at least one AC to DC converter in communication with the impedance matching network. Also disclosed is a method for powering a load and an apparatus for converting power and additional embodiments of an apparatus for converting power.

The present invention relates to the technical field of high-gain DC-DC converters, and disclosed is a high-gain quasi-resonant DC-DC converter based on a voltage doubling rectifier circuit. On the basis of a half-bridge quasi-resonant high-gain circuit topology and by combining a bidirectional positive and negative voltage doubling rectifier circuit, the present invention provides a high-gain DC-DC converter. The converter can further improve output voltage gain and reduce output voltage ripples, and can improve the system efficiency while reducing the number of turns of a high-frequency transformer; moreover, the converter can achieve soft-switching control, thereby having the advantages of low voltage and current stress, high efficiency, and the like.

A well-logging tool may include a sonde housing and a radiation generator carried by the sonde housing. The radiation generator may include a generator housing, a target carried by the generator housing, a charged particle source carried by the generator housing to direct charged particles at the target, and at least one voltage source coupled to the charged particle source. The at least one voltage source may include a voltage ladder comprising a plurality of voltage multiplication stages coupled in a uni-polar configuration, and at least one loading coil coupled at at least one intermediate position along the voltage ladder. The well-logging tool may further include at least one radiation detector carried by the sonde housing.

An apparatus for converting power includes at least one impedance matching network which receives an electrical signal. The apparatus includes at least one AC to DC converter in communication with the impedance matching network. Also disclosed is a method for powering a load and an apparatus for converting power and additional embodiments of an apparatus for converting power.