Circuit DC to DC Converter ::
DC to DC Converter mini Step up Voltage

Here is a DC to DC converter using a standard 12 VAC center tapped power transformer and a single bi-polar NPN transistor. The circuit is not very efficient but will produce a high voltage usable for low power applications. The input battery voltage is raised by a factor of 10 across the transformer and further raised by a voltage tripler 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.