PFN charging a capacitive load?

hobbs125

I am trying to understand how a PFN (Pulse Forming Network) could charge a capacitor to a high voltage and I have some questions first.

Is there any type of voltage multiplying PFN which does not use switches or spark gaps?
(The only type I have seen is the Marx type which uses either switches or spark gaps to generate a high voltage output)

If a PFN was repeadetely discharged into a capacitor would the capacitors voltage increase beyond the PFN's voltage?

The last question I have is, could the inductance of the PFN act as a flyback transformer to generate high voltages?

Thanks everyone.

berkeman

Could you please supply some learning links to this PFN subject? I haven't seen it before. Thanks.