Switching power supply using printed coil type transformer

• US 5,659,461 A
• Filed: 06/19/1995
• Issued: 08/19/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Yokoshima, Kiyoshi, Inou, Kiyoharu, Suzuki, Yuichi, Takano, Hisanaga
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Peter S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Riley, Shawn
• Application Number:
  US08/492,176
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 363/21, 363/80, 363/141, 363/147, 363/144, 336/123, 336/170, 336/184, 336/224, 336/232, 336/234
• US Class Current: 363/21.16
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 19/08 Transformers having magnetic bias, e.g. for handling pulses
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2027/2819 Planar transformers with printed windings, e.g. surrounded by two cores and to be mounted on printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2804 Printed windings
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33523 with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop

Abstract

An indirect feedback type flyback converter that compares favorably with the direct feedback type flyback converter in controllability of secondary output voltage, wherein the converter is arranged so that a switching signal, which is induced in a secondary winding when a direct current input voltage, applied to a primary winding, is turned ON and OFF by a switching element, is smoothed by rectification and fed to a load and that an output voltage is detected using a switching signal induced in an auxiliary winding to transmit a control signal to the switching element for the purpose of stabilizing the output voltage; wherein the primary, secondary and auxiliary windings are formed on respective coil formation surfaces of a coil laminate as convoluted shaped conductor patterns disposed between a core hole at the center of the pattern and the border of the coil formation surface, with the auxiliary winding being disposed to be near the border of the coil formation surface.

Claims

1. In a flyback converter using a printed coil type transformer, wherein said flyback converter is arranged so that a switching signal, which is induced in a secondary winding when a direct current input voltage, applied to a primary winding, is turned ON and OFF by a switching element, is smoothed by rectification and fed to a load, and so that an output voltage is detected using a switching signal induced in an auxiliary winding to transmit a control signal to said switching element for the purpose of stabilizing said output voltage;

the improvement comprising

said primary winding, secondary winding, and auxiliary winding being formed on respective coil formation surfaces of a flat multi-layered coil laminate as conductor patterns between a core hole and a border of said coil formation surface with said core hole being at a center of said conductor patterns; and

wherein said auxiliary winding is formed on said coil formation surface nearer to said border than to said core hole; and

wherein said transformer comprises a core type having a center gap disposed in said core hole.

2. The converter of claim 1, wherein said flat multi-layered coil laminate comprises a primary winding flat coil section on which said primary winding is formed, a secondary winding flat coil section on which said secondary winding is formed, and an auxiliary winding flat coil section on which said auxiliary winding is formed;

and wherein said primary winding flat coil section, said secondary winding flat coil section and said auxiliary winding flat coil section are laminated together in that order.

3. In a flyback converter using a printed coil type transformer, wherein said converter is arranged so that a switching signal, which is induced in a secondary winding when a direct current input voltage, applied to a primary winding, is turned ON and OFF by a switching element, is smoothed by rectification and fed to a load and so that an output voltage is detected using a switching signal induced in an auxiliary winding to transmit a control signal to the switching element for the purpose of stabilizing the output voltage;

the improvement comprising a magnetic core having a center gap disposed in a core hole; and

wherein said primary winding, said secondary winding, and said auxiliary winding are formed on respective coil formation surfaces of a flat multi-layered coil laminate as conductor patterns positioned between said core hole and a border of said coil formation surface, with said auxiliary winding being formed in an area which is not of high magnetic flux density.

4. In a flyback converter using a printed coil type transformer for a switching power supply, wherein said printed coil type transformer smoothes a switching signal induced in a secondary winding when a direct current input voltage applied to a primary winding is turned ON and OFF by a switching element and feeding said switching signal to a load;

the improvement comprising a flat multi-layered coil laminate having a plurality of pin terminals of a copper based material and connected to ends of said primary winding and said secondary winding,and wherein inner layer patterns laminated with an insulating resin are respectively assigned to said primary and secondary windings;

heat sink means are provided grounded to AC ground of said switching power supply and attached to said switching element and a secondary side rectifier circuit; and

wherein a winding pattern transfers heat from said plurality of pin terminals to said heat sink means.

5. The converter of claim 4, wherein said heat sink means is disposed to be shared by said switching element and said secondary side rectifier circuit.

6. The converter of claim 4, wherein said heat sink means comprises a pair of heat sinks.

7. In a flyback converter using a printed coil type transformer comprising a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding, wherein said flyback converter is arranged so that a direct current input voltage applied to said input winding is turned ON and OFF by a switching element, thereby to induce in said secondary winding a first switching signal, and in said auxiliary winding a second switching signal, said first switching signal being smoothed by rectification and fed to a load, and said second switching signal being used to detect an output voltage thereby to transmit a control signal to said switching element for the purpose of stabilizing said output voltage;

the improvement comprising;

said primary winding, secondary winding, and auxiliary winding being formed on respective coil formation surfaces of a coil laminate as conductor patterns between a core hole and a border of said coil formation surface with said core hole being at a center of said conductor patterns;

wherein said auxiliary winding is formed on said coil formation surface nearer to said border than to said core hole;

wherein said transformer comprises a core having a center gap disposed in said core hole;

wherein

said coil laminate comprises two primary winding flat coil sections, each of which has a primary winding formed thereon;

two secondary winding flat coil sections, each of which has a secondary winding formed thereon; and

one auxiliary winding flat coil section on which an auxiliary winding is formed;

wherein said auxiliary winding flat coil section forms an intermediate layer disposed between said two secondary winding flat coil sections; and

wherein said two primary flat coil sections are on either side of said two secondary winding flat coil sections.

8. The converter of claim 7, wherein a magnetic core having a center gap is disposed in said core hole;

and wherein said primary windings, said secondary windings and auxiliary winding are formed on respective coil formation surfaces of a coil laminate as conductor patterns positioned between said core hole and a border of said coil formation surface, with said auxiliary winding being formed in an area which is not of high magnetic flux density.

9. The converter of claim 7, further comprising said coil laminate having a plurality of pin terminals of copper based material connected to ends of said primary windings and said secondary windings, and inner layer patterns laminated with an insulating resin comprising said primary and secondary windings, heat sink means grounded to AC ground of a switching power supply and attached to said switching element and a rectifier circuit;

and a winding pattern to transfer heat from said plurality of pin terminals to said heat sink means.

10. The converter of claim 9, wherein said heat sink means is disposed to be shared by said switching element and said rectifier circuit.

11. The converter of claim 9, wherein said heat sink means comprises a pair of heat sinks.