HIGH-VOLTAGE DC CONVERTER

摘要

A voltage converter converts a relatively high DC supply voltage, developed across a pair of high- voltage supply terminals, to a relatively lower DC voltage. The voltage converter includes a stack of bridge circuits connected in series between the supply terminals. The bridge circuits divide the supply voltage to prevent any one of the bridge circuits from experiencing the fully supply voltage, and the components in the bridge circuits are configured to further reduce the voltage across the components. The voltage converter can therefore be assembled using relatively small and inexpensive components.