Power supply circuit featuring minimum parts count

• US 5,089,947 A
• Filed: 06/29/1990
• Issued: 02/18/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Driscoll, Carleton D., Jungling, Ronald S., Najm, Elie M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stephan, Steven L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VOELTZ, EMANUEL T
• Application Number:
  US07/546,209
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 358/190, 331/149, 363/19, 363/20, 363/18, 363/49, 363/21, 315/411
• US Class Current: 363/20
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33507 with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence

Abstract

A full reset flyback regulator includes a power transformer having a primary winding and at least one secondary winding coupled to a load. A single control winding on a primary side of the power transformer is coupled through control circuitry to a gate electrode of a switching device that is connected to the primary winding. The voltage polarity on the control winding alternates so that if the switching device is "ON" a drive voltage is provided on its gate electrode and if the switching device is "OFF" a bias voltage is provided to the error amplifier control circuit. Each cycle of the regulator is initiated via a sync pulse which is provided from the high voltage flyback transformer of a display or monitor subsystem.

Claims

1. In a display system having a display subsystem and a power subsystem with the power subsystem comprising:

a blocking oscillator power supply including a power transformer having a primary and a secondary winding for providing current to the display subsystem and a first switching device connect to one end of the primary winding;

a control circuit arrangement for turning off the switching device coupled to a gate electrode of the switching device;

a sync circuit arrangement for generating a "Start" pulse coupled to the gate electrode of said switching device;

a control winding disposed on a primary side of said transformer;

a first circuit arrangement interconnecting one end of the control winding to the gate electrode;

a second circuit arrangement interconnecting another end of the control winding to the control circuit arrangement;

said first and second circuit arrangements coacting so that if a voltage with a first polarity is developed on said control winding the first circuit arrangement allows current to flow into the gate electrode while the second circuit arrangement blocks current flow and if the polarity of the voltage is reversed on said control winding the first circuit arrangement blocks current while the second circuit arrangement allows current to flow into the control circuit arrangement to turn off the first switching device.

2. The power subsystem of claim 1 wherein the sync circuit arrangement includes a sync transformer having primary and secondary coils;

a unidirectional device connected in series to the secondary coil; and

a resistor connected in series with the unidirectional device.

3. The power subsystem of claim 2 wherein the unidirectional device includes a diode.

4. The power subsystem of claim 1 further including a circuit arrangement for sensing overcurrent coupled to the first switching device.

5. The power subsystem of claim 4 wherein the circuit arangement includes a series parallel combination of three resistors connected to an electrode of said switching means;

and

a zener diode interconnecting the gate of the switching device to the resistors.

6. The power subsystem of claim 1 wherein the control circuit arrangement includes a latch means which is set when the switching means is to be turned off and is reset when the switching means is to be turned on.

7. The power subsystem of claim 1 wherein the control circuit arrangement includes a latch means;

said latch means having a first transistor having a base electrode, a collector electrode and an emitter electrode coupled to the gate electrode of the switching device;

a second transistor having an emitter electrode, a collector electrode coupled to the base electrode of the first transistor and a base electrode coupled to the collector electrode of the first transistor;

a storage means coupled to the base electrode of the second transistor;

a first resistive means connected in parallel with the storage means; and

a second resistive means interconnecting the emitter electrode of the first switching means with the base and collector electrodes of the first and second transistor, respectively.

8. The power subsystem of claim 1 wherein the first circuit arrangement is a diode coupled in series with a resistor.

9. The power supply of claim 1 wherein the second circuit arrangement includes an error amplifier means;

a capacitor coupled to the error amplifier means;

a first diode coupled in series with the capacitor; and

a second diode coupled in series with the first diode.

10. An improved display system comprising in combination:

a display subsystem having a high voltage transformer for providing anode voltages which drive said display;

subsystem

a power circuit means including a power transformer and a power FET device coupled to the display subsystem;

a sync winding positioned on a core of said high voltage transformer, said sync winding generating sync pulses for activating the power FET device;

a drive/bias circuit means including a single winding coupled to the power transformer;

said drive/bias circuit means generating a first signal for driving the FET device when it is in an ON state and a second signal for biasing the FET device when it is in an OFF state; and

a gate control circuit means interconnecting the sync winding with the power circuit means;

said gate control circuit means including a latch means responsive to a first signal received from the sync winding to activate the power FET device and a second signal from the drive/bias circuit means to deactivate the power FET.