Switching power supply

• US 5,490,052 A
• Filed: 04/26/1993
• Issued: 02/06/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Koji, Ishii, Takuya, Nagagata, Nobuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterrett, Jeffrey L.
• Application Number:
  US08/053,525
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: 363/15, 363/16, 363/20, 363/21, 363/95, 363/97, 363/131
• US Class Current: 363/15
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/01 Resonant DC/DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33569 having several active switching elements H02M3/3353 takes precedence

Abstract

A switching power supply supplies a regulated output voltage for an electronic apparatus in industrial or commercial use and suppresses generation of a spike voltage and a spike current due to a transformer, and a recovery voltage of a rectifying diode due to switching and it results in reduction of noise interference and power loss. A series connection of a first switching means and a second switching means repeating on/off action alternately is connected to a d-c source. A series connection of a first capacitor and a primary winding of a transformer is connected in parallel with the second switching means. An induced voltage in a secondary winding is supplied to an output through a rectifying/filtering means. A series resonance current in a closed circuit comprising the first capacitor and a leakage inductance suppresses spike voltage, spike current, and recovery voltage of the rectifying diode.

Claims

1. A switching power supply circuit comprising:

first switching means and second switching means connected in series across a d-c source, each of said first switching means and said second switching means repeatedly turned on and off inversely to each other according to a respective one of a plurality of timing signals generated by a control circuit wherein said first switching means and said second switching means each include a switching device and a diode connected in parallel with said switching device;

a series connection of a first capacitor and a primary winding of a transformer, said transformer having at least said primary winding and at least one secondary winding, connected in parallel with said second switching means; and

rectifying/filtering means connected in parallel with said secondary winding, wherein

a d-c output signal is received from said secondary windings and through said rectifying/filtering means while said second switching means is on,

the output voltage is substantially dependent upon the on/off ratio of said first switching means and the turn ratio of said transformer and substantially independent of the impedance of said capacitor and circuit inductance,

resonance of said first capacitor and said circuit inductance is provided in a closed circuit comprising said first capacitor, at least one of a leakage inductance of said transformer and an externally connected inductor, said primary winding of said transformer, and said second switching means, and

resonant current flows in said primary winding and secondary winding of said transformer.

2. A switching power supply as recited in claim 1, wherein a second capacitor is connected in parallel with at least one of the first switching means and the second switching means, and timing signals generated by a control circuit have a period while both said first switching means and said second switching means are off.

3. A switching power supply as recited in claim 1, wherein;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">Vout=[Ton/(Ton+Toff)]×

(Vin/n),

where Vout is the output voltage, Ton is the on period of said first switching means, Toff is the on period of said second switching means, Vin is the voltage provided by said d-c source, and n is the turn ratio of said transformer.

4. A switching power supply circuit comprising:

first switching means and second switching means connected in series across a d-c source, each of said first switching means and said second switching means repeatedly turned on and off inversely to each other according to a respective one of a plurality of timing signals generated by a control circuit wherein said first switching means and said second switching means each include a switching device and a diode connected in parallel with said switching device;

a series connection of a first capacitor and a primary winding of a transformer, said transformer having at least said primary winding and at least one secondary winding, connected in parallel with said second switching means; and

a rectifying/filtering means connected in parallel with at least one of said plurality of secondary windings, wherein

a d-c output signal is received from said secondary windings and through said rectifying/filtering means while said first switching means is on,

the output voltage is substantially dependent upon the on/off ratio of said first switching means and the turn ratio of said transformer and substantially independent of the impedance of said capacitor and circuit inductance,

resonance of said first capacitor and said circuit inductance is provided in a closed circuit comprising said first capacitor, at least one of a leakage inductance of said transformer and an externally connected inductor, said primary winding of said transformer and said first switching means, and said d-c source, and

resonant current flows in said primary winding and secondary winding of said transformer.

5. A switching power supply as recited in claim 4, wherein a second capacitor is connected in parallel with at least one of the first switching means and the second switching means, and timing signals generated by a control circuit have a period while both said first switching means and said second switching means are off.

6. A switching power supply as recited in claim 4, wherein;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">Vout=[Toff/(Ton+Toff)]×

(Vin/n) ,

where Vout is the output voltage, Ton is the on period of said first switching means, Toff is the on period of said second switching means, Vin is the voltage provided by said d-c source, and n is the turn ratio of said transformer.