EEVblog #469 - Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier

A new EEVblog segment, Fundamentals Friday!
How to generate high voltage DC with a Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier circuit.
a.k.a Cockcroft-Walton / Villard / Greinacher Cascade

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