Cockcroft–Walton generator

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The Cockcroft–Walton generator is a high-voltage power supply circuit that uses a cascade of capacitors and diodes to multiply an input AC voltage, historically important for early particle acceleration experiments.

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instanceOf electrical circuit ⓘ
high-voltage power supply ⓘ
voltage multiplier circuit ⓘ
associatedWith early high-energy physics ⓘ
splitting of the atomic nucleus ⓘ
canBeConfiguredAs full-wave voltage multiplier ⓘ
developedBy Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton ⓘ
linked to: Ernest Walton

John Douglas Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
developmentPeriod early 1930s ⓘ
hasAdvantage ability to reach very high voltages ⓘ
low cost ⓘ
simple construction ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cockcroft–Walton multiplier ⓘ
Greinacher circuit ⓘ
cascade generator ⓘ
hasDisadvantage high ripple at high load currents ⓘ
poor voltage regulation under load ⓘ
sensitivity to stray capacitances ⓘ
hasFunction generation of high DC voltage ⓘ
voltage multiplication ⓘ
hasInput AC voltage ⓘ
hasPart multiple capacitor stages ⓘ
multiple diode stages ⓘ
hasTopology cascaded diode-capacitor ladder ⓘ
historicallyUsedIn first artificial nuclear disintegration experiments ⓘ
namedAfter Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton ⓘ
linked to: Ernest Walton

John Douglas Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
operatesOnPrinciple capacitor charging in series ⓘ
capacitor discharging in parallel ⓘ
performanceDependsOn input frequency ⓘ
load current ⓘ
number of stages ⓘ
produces rectified high DC voltage ⓘ
relatedTo Marx generator ⓘ
Van de Graaff generator ⓘ
requires AC input frequency ⓘ
typicalConfiguration half-wave voltage multiplier ⓘ
usedFor demonstration of nuclear reactions ⓘ
laboratory high-voltage experiments ⓘ
usedIn HV test equipment ⓘ
X-ray generators ⓘ
cathode-ray tube power supplies ⓘ
electrostatic accelerators ⓘ
neon sign power supplies ⓘ
nuclear physics experiments ⓘ
particle accelerators ⓘ
photomultiplier tube power supplies ⓘ
usesComponent capacitor ⓘ
diode ⓘ

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John Cockcroft → knownFor → Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
John Cockcroft → coInventorOf → Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
Cockcroft–Walton experiment → usedAcceleratorType → Cockcroft–Walton voltage multiplier ⓘ
linked to: Cockcroft–Walton generator
Cockcroft–Walton experiment → relatedTo → Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
Cockcroft–Walton generator → hasAlternativeName → Cockcroft–Walton multiplier ⓘ
linked to: Cockcroft–Walton generator
Ernest Walton → knownFor → Cockcroft–Walton accelerator ⓘ
linked to: Cockcroft–Walton generator
Ernest Walton → coDeveloperOf → Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
John Cockcroft → knownFor → Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Greinacher circuit → hasAlternativeName → Greinacher voltage multiplier ⓘ
linked to: Cockcroft–Walton generator
Greinacher circuit → relatedTo → Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ