FULL WAVE AC/DC VOLTAGE DIVIDER

摘要

Disclosed is apparatus and methodology for providing a capacitive voltage divider power supply. A plurality of full wave rectifiers each including a capacitor are coupled in series so that an applied AC source charges the capacitors in series. Switches associated with each of the plurality of full wave rectifiers are configured to be conductive during a time period spanning a period on either side of and including the zero crossing point of the applied AC source voltage. During this period of conduction, the switches provide discharge paths to discharge the capacitors in parallel into one or more load capacitors.