Switched mode power supply with a plurality of regulated secondary outlets

• US 4,517,633 A
• Filed: 05/03/1983
• Issued: 05/14/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Domenic Melcher
• Original Assignee: Domenic Melcher
• Inventors: Melcher, Domenic
• Primary Examiner(s): Beha, Jr., William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ault, Anita M.
• Application Number:
  US06/499,766
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 323/259, 323/263, 323/344, 323/345, 363/20, 363/21, 363/24, 363/25, 363/90
• US Class Current: 363/21.04
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33561 having more than one ouput with independent control

Abstract

The voltage stabilization of the secondary outputs of switched mode power supplies is effected with high efficiency by means of a regulation circuit where the current feeding the storage capacitor (26) is flowing through the primary coil (32) of a transformer (72). One end of the secondary coil (33) of this said transformer (72) is connected to one end of the primary coil (32) via a diode (34), whereas the other end of the secondary coil (33) is connected to the other end of the primary coil (32) via another diode (35) and a switching element (36). The switching element (36) is controlled by a comparator circuit (38) comparing the voltage between the output connectors (40,41) with a reference voltage. In case the output voltage goes below the preset value the switching element (36) is shorted and the storage capacitor (26) is charged at the highest possible voltage. In case the preset value of the output voltage is reached or even exceeded the switching element (36 ) is cut off and the current induced in the secondary coil (33) is reducing the current flowing from the transformer coil (8) to the storage capacitor (26) by the amount given by the ratio of the number of windings of the secondary coil (33) to the one of the primary coil (32).

Claims

1. Switched mode power supply with at least one regulated secondary circuit characterized in

that it is comprising a regulation circuit (28) in every one of the secondary circuits, which regulation circuit (28) is comprising each at least the following elements:

a transformer (72), two diodes (34,35), a switching element (36), a comparator circuit (38) with reference source (73) and means for pulse-width modulation,

which is further characterised in that the primary coil (32) of the transformer (72) in the main current path is connected in series to a rectifier diode (23) of the secondary circuit,

that one end of the secondary coil (33) of the transformer (72) is connected to the primary coil (32) and the diode (23) via the diode (34),

that the one end of the diode (35) is also connected with the said end of the secondary coil (33) whereas the other end of the diode (35) is connected to one current port of the switching element (36),

that the other current port of the switching element (36) is connected to the same lead as the other end of the secondary coil (33) to which lead is connected also the output connector (41),

that one entrance of the comparator (38) is connected directly to the other output connector (40), the other entrance of comparator circuit (38) is connected to the output connector (41) via the reference source (73), whereas its outlet is connected to the signal port of the switching element (36).

2. Switched mode power supply according to claim 1, chacterized in that the regulation circuit (28) additionally contains a measuring resistor (37) and a comparator circuit (39) with a reference source (75) where the measuring resistor (37) is connected in series to the secondary coil (33) of the transformer (72), whereas the one end of the secondary coil (33) which is connected the measuring resistor (37) is also connected to one entrance of the comparator (39), while its other entrance is connected the output connector (41) via the reference source (75),

that the outlet of the comparator (39) is connected to the primary side of the switched mode power supply by means of a lead (31) on which a signal is tansmitted in order to produce the keying ratio of the switching element (2) in case the voltage drop across the measuring resistor (37) is exceeding the voltage of the reference source (75).

3. Switched mode power supply according to claim 1, chacterized in that a measuring resistor (37) is wired outside of the regulation circuit (28) in the main current path of the secondary circuit immediately adjacent to the output connector (40), that this output connector (40) is connected to the one entrance of a comparator circuit (39), that the other entrance of the comparator circuit (39) is fed by the other end of the measuring resistor (37) via a reference source (75), whereas the outlet of the comparator circuit (39) is connected to the primary side of the switched mode power supply by means of a lead (31) on which a signal is transmitted in order to reduce the keying ratio of the switching element (2) in case the voltage drop across the measuring resistor (37) is exceeding the voltage of the reference source (75).

4. Switched mode power supply according to claims 1, or 2, or 3, charcterized in that the switching element (36) is a bipolar transistor.

5. Switched mode power supply according to claims 1, or 2, or 3, characterized in that the switching element (36) is a MOSFET.

6. Switched mode power supply according to claims 2, or 3, characterized in that the lead (31) is connected directly to the primary side of the switched mode power supply.

7. Switched mode power supply according to claims 2, or 3, characterized in that the lead (31) is connected to the primary side of the switched mode power supply via an isolation transformer.

8. Switched mode power supply according to claims 2, or 3, characterized in that the lead (31) is connected to the primary side of the switched mode power supply via an optical coupling device.