Who is interested to develop a "charge down pump"? Look at the design: 48V charge C1-C4 with 12Vdc each, consider low dc leakage caps. S1 = A, S2 = B, S3 = a, 500µs, S3 = b, 500µs. S1 = B, S2 = C, S3 = a, 500µs, S3 = b, 500µs. S1 = C, S2 = D, S3 = a, 500µs, S3 = b, 500µs. S1 = D, S2 = E, S3 = a, 500µs, S3 = b, 500µs. cycle repeats. What would be the best electronic switching at S1, S2 and S3? How can we implement a PIC to control the switchings, based on productivity of voltage transfer and 500µs adjustments? What is the capacitive transfer loss? This is a step down capacitive switching unit with a flying capacitor. Low power loss if we can get a low electronic switching resistance. +48Vdc o | S1 a S3 b o-------o A <----o ^ o----------o-----> +12Vdc | | | --- --- | C1 --- --- C5 --- C6 | S2 | --- o-------o B <----o v o--. | | S3 | | --- Gnd Gnd C2 --- | o-------o C | --- C3 --- | o-------o D | --- C4 --- | o-------o E | Gnd