Switching type power supply circuit

• US 4,258,309 A
• Filed: 07/05/1979
• Issued: 03/24/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Takaharu, Ohsaka, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellinen, A. D.
• Application Number:
  US06/054,790
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 323/17, 323/DIG. 1, 323/20, 323/9
• US Class Current: 323/287
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 9/02 responsive to excess current current limitation for voltage regulators G05F1/573; disconnection after limiting H02H3/025
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/156 with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators

Abstract

A switching type power supply circuit having a series connection of a switching element and an inductance element connected between output terminals of a DC voltage source, a series connection of a fly-wheel diode and a detecting resistor connected between the junction of the switching element and inductance element and the ground, and a capacitor connected between the junction of the inductance element and the DC voltage source and the ground, in which when a voltage across the detecting resistor exceeds a predetermined level, the supply of the switching pulse to the switching element is stopped to render the switching element OFF.

Claims

1. A switching type power supply circuit for supplying a voltage to an output circuit comprising:

a DC voltage source having a pair of output terminals;

a switching element having an ON and an OFF state and an inductance element connected in series between said pair of output terminals of said DC voltage source so as to form a first junction between said switching element and said inductance element and a second junction between said inductance element and said DC voltge source;

a source of reference potential;

a series connection of a fly-wheel diode and a current detecting resistor connected between said first junction and said source of reference potential;

means for supplying a switching pulse to said switching element;

means for detecting said voltage produced by said output in response to the operation of said inductance element and

control means for stopping said supplying of said switching pulse to said switching element so as to turn the latter to said OFF state when a voltage across said detecting resistor exceeds a predetermined level or when the detected voltage produced by said output circuit exceeds a predetermined level, said control means including a thyristor having an anode electrode connected to said means for supplying a switching pulse, a cathode electrode connected to said detecting resistor, and a gate electrode connected to said means for detecting said voltage produced by said output circuit.

2. A switching type power supply circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:

a flyback transformer having a primary winding connected to said second junction with a secondary winding for providing a high voltage output and wherein said means for detecting the voltage produced by said output circuit includes a detecting winding for producting an output which indicates the level of induction in said flyback transformer.