Although these features may make the parallel resonant converter ill-suited to some
conventional power supply applications, they can be used to advantage in others. An example is
given in section 5.4, in which the parallel resonant converter is used to construct a 24V:10kV high
voltage power supply with current source characteristics. Design considerations are outlined, and
the near-ideal operation of an experimental circuit is described. A second application example is
also explored, in which the parallel resonant converter is used as an off-line low harmonic rectifier.
The converter input characteristics are found, and the advantages and disadvantages of the PRC in
this application are discussed.