A

PROJECT REPORT
ON
VOLTAGE DOUBLER CIRCUIT USING
IC 555
Submitted to
RAJIV GANDHI PRODYOGIKI VISHWAVIDYALAYA
BHOPAL (M.P.)
In the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

2018-2019

SUBMITTED BY
HITENDRA SINGH GURJAR, KAPIL CHOKOTIYA,
GIRISH VERMA, DIVYANSHU CHOUDHARY.

UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF

PROF. ARUN TOMAR
Lecture Project Guide

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

RUSTAMJI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

B.S.F.-ACADEMNY, TEKANPUR, GWALIOR
 Rustamji Institute Of Technology,
B.S.F.-Academy Tekanpur
GWALIOR (M.P.)
Department Of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

Certificate
2018-2019

This is to certify that

HITENDRA SINGH GURJAR, KAPIL CHOKOTIYA,
GIRISH VERMA , DIVYANSHU CHOUDHARY

“Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile”

Have Successfully Completed the project 1 entitled

“VOLTAGE DOUBLER CIRCUIT USING

IC 555”

Based on the curriculum of

Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
They have worked honestly under our supervision and
Guidance
And had given a live demonstration of project at college
Approved & Guided by

Prof. Arun Tomar Mr. Dhananjay Bhadoriya Principal

Project Guide Head of Department RJIT BSF
Academy,
Tekanpur
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 Acknowledgement

The satiation and euphoria that accompany the successful completion of the project
would be incomplete without the mention of the people who made it possible.

Our salutation to Late Padamshri K.F. Rustamji founder father of “Border Security
Force” and “Rustamji Institute of Technology”.

First and fore most we would like to thanks Shri. Mahabir Prasad Commandant
CSMT, Chief Administrator RJIT and to our Principal Dr Arvind Kumar Jain.

We express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Dhananjay Bhadoriya, Hod of the

department Electrical Engg., RJIT for providing all facilities and valuable
Guidance, time, co-operation and inspiration without which this project work
would not have been possible.

We have immense pleasure in expressing our deep sense of gratitude to Prof. Arun
Tomar for her most valuable guidance, which propelled us towards successful
completion of project work.

We express our gratitude to all faculty members for their invaluable co-operation
during our project work.

Project Team

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 INDEX

S.NO. CONTENTS

1 PREFACE

2 INTRODUCTION

3 WORKING OF VOLTAGE
DOUBLER IC555

4 DETAILED WORKING OF
PROJECT

5 VOLTAGE DOUBLER
CIRCUIT

6 REFERENCES

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 PREFACE
Generally, conventional power supply system provides 230V AC supply
which is being used for multiple electrical and electronics loads. But, a
few loads or electronics equipment like cathode ray tubes, X-ray
systems, Ion pumps, electrostatic system, laser systems, travelling wave
tube, and so on requires a high rating power supply for their operation.
Thus, the available voltage has to me multiplied using the voltage
multipliers. Voltage multiplier is an electrical circuit comprising of
diodes and capacitors that can be used for multiplying or increasing the
voltage and convert AC to DC by multiplying voltage and rectifying
current. There are different types of voltage multipliers such as voltage
doubler, voltage tripler, and voltage quadrupler. Primarily, we are going
to discuss about voltage doubler circuit diagram and voltage doubler
working.

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 INTRODUCTION
An electronic voltage multiplier circuit that doubles the voltage by using
the charging and the discharging principle of capacitors is called as a
voltage doubler.

It consists of major electronics components such as capacitors and

diodes.

Voltage Doubler Circuit Diagram

The simple voltage doubler circuit consists of two capacitors and two
diodes connected as shown in the figure. The voltage doubler circuit can
be a simple rectifier which takes an input AC voltage and generates an
output DC voltage that is approximately twice the input AC voltage.

Even though there are DC to DC voltage

doublers, but in these types of voltage doubler circuits driving circuit is
required for switching control. There are different types of voltage

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doubler circuits such as a simple voltage doubler as shown above,
voltage doubler using 555 timer, voltage doubler rectifiers like Villard
circuit, Greinacher circuit, bridge circuit, switched capacitor circuits,
Dickson charge pump, cross coupled switched capacitors.

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 WORKING OF VOLTAGE DOUBLER IC555

This voltage doubler using 555 timer is a simple DC voltage multiplier

that utilizes capacitors, diodes, and IC 555 timer in astable mode. Hence,
it produces a square wave approximately at 2KHz frequency with the
help of R1, R2, and C1 as shown in the figure.

The forward biased diode D2 and C3 are connected such that for
amplifying the signals. The diode D1 prevents complete discharge of the
capacitor C3.

Voltage Doubler Circuit Using 555 Timer

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Thus, these basic components such as capacitors C3, C4, diodes D1, and
D2 are used for boosting the input power. As the components are
selected with appropriate ratings, the circuit accepts the input supply
voltage ranging from 3V to 12V. If the input supply voltage exceeds this
range, then the IC 555 may get permanently damaged.

The diodes used in this circuit are 1N4007, if we

use other diodes such as 1N4148, then the output voltage decreases due
to different breakdown voltages

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 DETAILED WORKING OF PROJECT

Step up 6V DC to 10V DC using 555 timer is a practical voltage doubler

project, which consists of different blocks such as power supply block
for giving input supply voltage to the circuit, 555 timer that is connected
in astable mode for developing a DC square wave, multiplier block,
output voltage measurement block.

Voltage Doubler Circuit Using 555 Timer Block Diagram

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The square wave voltage developed by 555 timer IC connected
in astable mode is used as input for voltage multiplier or voltage doubler
block. Thus, the voltage doubler circuit multiplies the input voltage for
generating an output voltage that is approximately equal to twice the
input voltage. Here, in this case the output voltage is approximately 10V
DC.

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The 555 timer output voltage is made to pass through the voltage
doubler for producing double output voltage. But, for maintaining good
regulation and to avoid output voltage from falling below the estimated
level, we must restrict the load to less than 5mA.

Thus, by eliminating the high current drawing

loads we can avoid the poor voltage regulation.

By adding more number of multiplier stages, we can obtain an output

voltage that is equal to three to ten times the input voltage.

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 Voltage Doubler Circuit for High Voltage
DC using Diode and Capacitors
This voltage doubler project is designed for generating high output
voltage around 2kV DC by giving input supply of 230V AC.
Conventionally, step-up transformers are used for stepping up the
voltage levels. But, these conventional step-up transformers increase the
output voltage and decreases the current.

Hence, voltage multipliers are used for stepping

up the voltage where high voltages and low currents are required, and
these voltage multipliers convert AC to DC.

High Voltage DC Using Voltage Multiplier Circuit Project Kit

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The electrical and electronics appliances such as CRT’s, television
picture tubes, and industrial applications requires generation of high DC
voltages around 10kV using this concept. But, here in this project only
2kV is generated by limiting the multiplication factor to 8 for safety
reasons.

High Voltage DC Using Voltage Multiplier Circuit Block Diagram

The block diagram of high voltage DC generation using diodes and

capacitors is shown in the figure which consists of major blocks such as
series lamp, supply, ladder network of diodes and capacitors, voltage
doubler circuit, cascade circuit, potential divider.

This project works on the principle of the voltage doubler circuit, in

every stage the voltage multiplier goes on doubling the voltage. Hence,
from the 8 stages the voltage multiplier generates an output voltage
around 2kV DC. But, measuring this high DC voltage using a standard

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multiplier is not possible. Hence, a potential divider of 10:1 is used for
measuring purposes. Thus, if the output reading is 200V, then the actual
output voltage is 2kV. But, again the multimeter consists of low input
impedance which reads the output voltage as approximately 7 times the
supply AC voltage.

For more technical information regarding the voltage doubler and

innovative electronics projects you can feel free to approach us by
posting your queries in the comments section below. And also you can
visit our domestic for designing electronics projects on your own.

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REFERENCES:
1. https://www.elprocus.com/voltage-doubler-circuit-with-working/.

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_doubler.

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_doubler.

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkLUZkqU55E

5. https://goo.gl/1mBi3L.

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