AC-DC converter
US5515257A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P80/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides an AC-DC converter in which a voltage at a light load is kept from rising, and an application range of an AC input voltage can be made broader. In the AC-DC converter having a rectifier 3, a boost chopper 4 and a DC--DC converter, a PWM circuit 6, a frequency divider 7 and a peak value detector 8 are further arranged. A first pulse signal V.sub.pa which the PWM circuit 6 outputs is inputted to a first switching transistor Q1 in the DC--DC converter 5 and the frequency divider 7. The frequency divider 7 divides a frequency of the first pulse signal V.sub.pa according to a frequency dividing control signal which the peak value detector 8 outputs, for monitoring a rectified output voltage in the rectifier 3 and outputs a second pulse signal V.sub.pb generated by the frequency divider 7 to the second switching transistor Q2 in the boost chopper 4.
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