Switching power source device and control IC which are capable of performing constant power control

• US 9,172,307 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanken Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sanken Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Yoshinaga, Mitsutomo, Nakano, Toshihiro, Kimura, Kengo
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhane, Adolf
• Assistant Examiner(s): NASH, GARY A
• Application Number:
  US14/171,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20140233273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 323/274, 323/275, 323284-287, 323/300, 323/303, 363/21.08, 363/21.11, 363/21.16, 363/21.18, 363/55, 363/56.01, 363 5609- 5612, 363/74, 363/78, 363/79, 363/95, 363/97, 363/131
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0006 Arrangements for supplying an adequate voltage to the control circuit of converters
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33523 with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/385 using flyback topology

Abstract

The present invention is a switching power source device which converts AC power of an AC power source into DC power and outputs the DC power, the device including: a rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to output a rectified-smoothed voltage signal obtained by rectifying and smoothing an AC voltage of the AC power source; a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding; a switching element connected to the primary winding of the transformer; and a control circuit configured to turn the switching element on and off based on a voltage signal which is based on an average value of current flowing through the switching element and the rectified-smoothed voltage signal from the rectifying-smoothing circuit.

Claims

1. A switching power source device which is capable of performing constant power control, which converts AC power of an AC power source into DC power and outputs the DC power, the device comprising:

a first rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to output a rectified-smoothed voltage signal obtained by rectifying and smoothing an AC voltage of the AC power source;

a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding;

a switching element connected to the primary winding of the transformer; and

a control circuit configured to turn the switching element on and off based on a voltage signal which is based on an average value of current flowing through the switching element and the rectified-smoothed voltage signal from the first rectifying-smoothing circuit, wherein

the control circuit has a feedback input terminal determining an on/off duty cycle, and

the feedback input terminal receives the voltage signal which is based on the average value of current flowing through the switching element and the rectified-smoothed voltage signal from the first rectifying-smoothing circuit, further comprising;

a current detection resistor series-connected to one of main terminals of the switching element;

a first resistor connected between an output terminal of the first rectifying-smoothing circuit and the feedback input terminal;

a first diode and a second diode which are connected in series with opposite orientations between the one of the main terminals of the switching element and the feedback input terminal;

a second rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to output a rectified-smoothed voltage signal obtained by rectifying and smoothing an AC voltage generated at auxiliary winding of the transformer; and

a second resister configured to provide a voltage proportional to the rectified-smoothed voltage signal obtained by the second rectifying and smoothing circuit to a connection point between the first diode and the second diode.

2. A switching power source device which is capable of performing constant power control, which converts AC power of an AC power source into DC power and outputs the DC power, the device comprising:

a rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to output a rectified-smoothed voltage signal obtained by rectifying and smoothing an AC voltage of the AC power source;

a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding;

a switching element connected to the primary winding of the transformer; and

a control circuit configured to turn the switching element on and off based on a voltage signal which is based on an average value of current flowing through the switching element and the rectified-smoothed voltage signal from the rectifying-smoothing circuit, wherein

the control circuit includes

an error amplifier configured to amplify an error voltage between a reference voltage and the voltage signal which is based on the average value of current flowing through the switching element, and

a PWM comparator configured to generate a pulse signal for turning the switching element on and off, by comparing a triangular-wave signal with an added output obtained by adding an output of the error amplifier to a voltage which is generated at the auxiliary winding of the transformer and proportional to the rectified-smoothed voltage signal.

3. A control IC which is capable of performing constant power control comprising:

a switching element connected to a primary winding of a transformer;

an error amplifier configured to amplify an error voltage between a reference voltage and a voltage signal which is based on an average value of current flowing through the switching element; and

a PWM comparator configured to generate a pulse signal for turning the switching element on and off, by comparing a triangular-wave signal with an added output obtained by adding an output of the error amplifier to a voltage which is generated at an auxiliary winding of the transformer and proportional to a rectified-smoothed voltage signal obtained by rectification and smoothing of an AC voltage.