Switching power supply

• US 6,970,367 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2004
• Issued: 11/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takeshima, Yoshihiro, Yoshida, Koji, Ikeda, Satoshi, Matsuo, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): BERHANE, ADOLF D
• Application Number:
  US10/922,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20050052888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 363/95, 363/97, 363/125, 363/127, 363/147
• US Class Current: 363/147
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0298 Multilayer circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/141 One or more single auxiliary printed circuits mounted on a main printed circuit, e.g. modules, adapters H05K1/142 and H05K1/147 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/144 Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/165 incorporating printed inductors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/086 for inductive purposes, e.g. printed inductor with ferrite core
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09063 Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/202 using self-supporting metal foil pattern

Abstract

A switching power supply device of the invention includes: a switching circuit for interrupting direct current to generate a pulse voltage; a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a core for magnetically coupling the primary winding and the secondary winding; a multi-layer wiring board having wiring lines constituting the primary winding and the secondary winding; a rectifier circuit for rectifying an alternating current; a smoothing circuit for suppressing ripple; and a control circuit for controlling an output voltage from the smoothing circuit. The multi-layer wiring board is provided with at least the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit and is arranged on a main wiring board, and the control circuit is arranged on the main wiring board.

Claims

1. A switching power supply device comprising:

a switching circuit for interrupting direct current to generate a pulse voltage;

a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a core for magnetically coupling the primary winding and the secondary winding;

a multi-layer wiring board having wiring constituting the primary winding and the secondary winding;

a rectifier circuit for rectifying an alternating current;

a smoothing circuit for suppressing ripple; and

a control circuit for controlling an output voltage from the smoothing circuit,

the switching power supply device being for outputting a direct current obtained by applying the pulse voltage to a first connecting portion of the primary winding to induce an alternating current in a second connecting portion of the secondary winding, rectifying the alternating current by the rectifier circuit, and smoothing the alternating current by the smoothing circuit,

wherein the multi-layer wiring board is provided with at least the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit and is arranged on a main wiring board, and the control circuit is arranged on the main wiring board.

2. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein:

the core has a center leg portion, and

the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion of the transformer are arranged on opposing sides of the center leg portion along the shorter axis of the center leg portion.

3. The switching power supply device according to claim 2, wherein:

the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit are respectively arranged on the first connecting portion-side and the second connecting portion-side; and

the first connecting portion and the switching circuit, as well as the second connecting portion and the rectifier circuit, are arranged so as to have a portion in which the first connecting portion is electrically coupled directly with the switching circuit and a portion in which the second connecting portion is electrically coupled directly with the rectifier circuit, respectively.

4. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the multi-layer wiring board is arranged on a first major surface of the main wiring board, and the control circuit is arranged on a second major surface of the main wiring board.

5. The switching power supply device according to claim 4, wherein only the control circuit is arranged on the second major surface of the main wiring board.

6. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein:

the control circuit has a driver unit for driving the switching circuit so that the switching circuit generates the pulse voltage; and

the driver unit is arranged on the main wiring board substantially at the shortest distance from the switching circuit and is connected with the switching circuit by a wiring substantially in the shortest distance therefrom.

7. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein:

the control circuit has a driver unit for driving the rectifier circuit so that the rectifier circuit performs the rectification operation; and

the driver unit is arranged on the main wiring board substantially at the shortest distance from the rectifier circuit and is connected with the rectifier circuit by a wiring substantially in the shortest distance therefrom.

8. A switching power supply device comprising:

a switching circuit for interrupting direct current to generate a pulse voltage;

a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a core for magnetically coupling the primary winding and the secondary winding;

a multi-layer wiring board having wiring constituting the primary winding and the secondary winding;

a rectifier circuit for rectifying an alternating current;

a smoothing circuit for suppressing ripple; and

a control circuit for controlling an output voltage from the smoothing circuit,

the switching power supply device being for outputting a direct current obtained by applying the pulse voltage to a first connecting portion of the primary winding to induce an alternating current in a second connecting portion of the secondary winding, rectifying the alternating current by the rectifier circuit, and smoothing the alternating current by the smoothing circuit,

wherein the switching power supply device has a lead frame board in which a heat sink and a wiring layer formed substantially two-dimensionally are stacked with an electrically insulative member interposed therebetween, the electrically insulative member composed of a mixture containing at least an electrically insulative resin and a filler; and

the multi-layer wiring board having at least the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit is arranged on the wiring layer of the lead frame board.

9. The switching power supply device according to claim 8, wherein:

the core has a center leg portion, and

the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion of the transformer are arranged on opposing sides of the center leg portion along the shorter axis of the center leg portion.

10. The switching power supply device according to claim 9, wherein:

the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit are respectively arranged on the first connecting portion-side and the second connecting portion-side; and

the first connecting portion and the switching circuit, as well as the second connecting portion and the rectifier circuit, are arranged so as to have a portion in which the first connecting portion is electrically coupled directly with the switching circuit and a portion in which the second connecting portion is electrically coupled directly with the rectifier circuit, respectively.

11. The switching power supply device according to claim 8, wherein the wiring of the multi-layer wiring board and the wiring layer of the lead frame board are connected by a portion of the wiring layer extending in a substantially vertical direction.

12. The switching power supply device according to claim 8, wherein the electrically insulative resin is one of epoxy resin, phenolic resin, cyanate resin, fluoroplastics, polyester, polyphenylene-ether, and polyimide.

13. The switching power supply device according to claim 8, wherein the filler is one of aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, boron nitride, aluminum nitride, silicon dioxide, silicon carbide, and ferrite.