Abstract: The circuit has a transformer on whose primary side there is a storage capacitor which can be charged and discharged in a controlled manner and to whose secondary circuit a load is connected. Two ancillary capacitors of the same capacitance are connected in a circuit between the storage capacitor and the transformer, and the storage capacitor's capacitance is a multiple of the capacitance of each ancillary capacitor. Each ancillary capacitor is connected via a charge-control element to the storage capacitor and via a discharge-control element to the transformer, and forms a parallel resonant circuit with the inductance of its discharge circuit. Control means are connected to the charge- and discharge-control elements in order to alternately and cyclically charge and discharge the ancillary capacitors in a controlled manner. By these means, sequences of partial pulses are generated which, for each sequence, collectively form a current pulse.