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dc-dc Converter for video apparatus

US5161022A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 1991
Grant dateNov 3, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/33507
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dc-dc converter for converting first to second dc voltages, used for video apparatus, comprising: a self-excited oscillation circuit for producing a clock signal, the self-excited oscillation circuit having a control input for controlling oscillation thereof in response to a control signal; a pulse width modulation circuit responsive to the clock signal and the second dc voltage for controlling duty ratio of the clock signal; a switching circuit responsive the pulse-width-modulated clock signal for switching the first dc voltage; rectifying and smoothing circuit for rectifying and then smoothing an output of the switching circuit to produce the second dc voltage; and a control circuit responsive to a vertical synchronizing signal of a video signal used in the video apparatus for producing the control signal whose pulse width is sufficiently shorter than a vertical retrace period of the vertical synchronizing signal. Oscillation of the self-excited circuit is controlled in response to the vertical synchronizing signal to prevent switching noise of the dc-dc converter from disturbing the reproduced image.

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