Design and Implementation of an 80-160 kV High Voltage Power Supply

In this study, an 80-160 kV, 200 W high voltage power supply is designed and implemented. To overcome the insulation restrictions of the transformer used in the high voltage power supply, a resonant converter and a voltage multiplier circuit were used consecutively for the voltage boosting process. To utilize the parasitic capacitor of transformer becoming dominant due to the high turn ratio, an LCC type series-parallel resonant converter is used as the resonant converter. An optimization algorithm that optimizes efficiency and power density is developed to determine the resonant tank parameters. Bipolar Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multiplier as the voltage multiplier is preferred due to the advantages of less secondary winding and lower voltage drop. The high voltage power supply design is verified with simulations and experimental results.