1) Electric power conversion
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A charge pump is a kind of DC to DC converter that uses capacitors as energy storage elements to create either a higher or lower voltage power source. Charge pump circuits are capable of high efficiencies, sometimes as high as 90–95% while being electrically simple circuits. Charge pumps use some form of switching device(s) to control the connec...
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A power supply which uses capacitors instead of inductors to store and transfer energy to the output. A voltage doubler or tripler.
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