Dickson Voltage Multiplier

For large amounts of power, you'd usually buy a DC-DC boost (or buck-boost) convertor but when you only need a fiddling amount of current, this clever circuit is quite useful. I've simulated it here in less than ideal conditions but this will give you an idea of what's possible. SPICE simulation is rather more complex and this app by Paul Falstad.

Drop this text into a text file and open it in the simulator and have some fun.

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c 384 176 384 224 0 1e-9 38.875386151873094 0.001
c 512 176 512 224 0 1e-9 43.833974952638854 0.001
c 624 176 624 224 0 1e-9 48.78783595779824 0.001
w 128 144 128 176 0
w 128 224 128 256 0
w 384 256 384 224 0
w 624 256 624 224 0
w 256 224 256 272 0
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w 480 144 512 144 0
w 512 144 512 176 0
w 96 144 128 144 0
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w 592 144 624 144 0
w 624 144 624 176 0
g 624 256 624 288 0 0
v -48 192 -48 144 0 0 40 19 0 0 0.5
w -48 144 32 144 0
w -48 192 -48 256 0
g -48 256 -48 288 0 0
w 272 304 128 304 0
w 128 304 128 368 0
R 128 368 0 368 1 2 100000 5 0 0 0.5
w 128 304 128 256 0
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d 448 144 480 144 2 default
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g 512 400 512 432 0 0
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