Review of high frequency high voltage generation architectures

The state-of-the-art architectures of high frequency high voltage (HFHV) generators are surveyed and classified according to their applications to achieve compact size, high energy efficiency and high power density. HFHV generation architectures and derivation methodology are concluded systematically based on the level of distributedness of the main sub-components. The characteristics for each HFHV generation architecture are described in details. Comparative qualitative evaluation of HV generation architectures are performed considering different output voltage and output power ratings in various industrial applications. The HV generation architecture with distributed HV transformer and distributed multiplier overall outperforms compared with other HV generation architectures. The recommendations for the HV generation architecture selections would be provided to identify the promising architectures for different output voltage and power applications with optimal performance finally.