Simple DC to DC Converter Circuit

This is a circuit for converter voltage. This circuit is DC to DC converter using a standard 12 VAC center tapped power transformer wired as a blocking oscillator. The circuit is not very efficient but will produce a high voltage usable for low power applications. This is the figure of the circuit.


The input battery voltage is raised by a factor of 10 across the transformer and further raised by a voltage triple consisting of three capacitors and diodes connected to the high voltage side of the transformer. The circuit draws about 40 milliamps and should operate for about 200 hours on a couple of 'D' alkaline batteries. Higher voltages can be obtained by reducing the 4.7K bias resistor.