Power circuit
US5343378A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P80/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a switching power supply circuit, a large capacity second capacitor is provided in parallel with a smoothing capacitor. When the charging voltage of the smoothing capacitor is larger than that of the second capacitor and energy is discharged from the smoothing capacitor, accumulations of exciting energy of a transformer in the second capacitor during OFF state of a switching MOS transistor is controlled, and when the charging voltage of the smoothing capacitor is smaller than that of the second capacitor and energy is discharged from the second capacitor, accumulations of the exciting energy of a transformer in the smoothing capacitor during OFF state of the MOS transistor is controlled. Moreover, an exciting current from either the smoothing capacitor or the second capacitor is selectively supplied by a two-diode circuit to the smoothing capacitor or the second capacitor, depending on the levels of the voltages of the smoothing capacitor and the second capacitor.
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