Insulation-type switching power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11038429-B2
Application number	US-201816498573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2018
Priority date	Mar 29, 2017
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

An insulation-type switching power supply according to the present invention includes: a PWM control circuit that generates and outputs a PWM pulse and a PWM pulse respectively by alternately extracting pulses of a PWM control pulse signal at a field-effect transistor in a flyback converter circuit; a pulse transformer; a bidirectional excitation circuit that excites a primary winding of the pulse transformer in the forward direction using the PWM pulse and excites the primary winding of the pulse transformer in the reverse direction using the PWM pulse; and a switching circuit that generates a pulse signal by inverting a negative pulse of a pulse signal, induced in a secondary winding of the pulse transformer, to a positive pulse and switches the field-effect transistor by using the generated pulse signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An insulation-type switching power supply comprising:
a flyback converter circuit; and
a feedback control circuit that performs pulse width modulation (PWM) control of a switching element in the flyback converter circuit based on an output voltage of the flyback converter circuit,
wherein the feedback control circuit includes
a PWM control circuit that generates and outputs a first PWM control pulse signal and a second PWM control pulse signal respectively by alternately extracting pulses of a PWM control pulse signal of the switching element,
a transformer,
a bidirectional excitation circuit that excites a primary winding of the transformer in a forward direction using the first PWM control pulse signal and excites the primary winding of the transformer in a reverse direction using the second PWM control pulse signal, and
a switching circuit that generates a switching pulse signal by inverting a negative pulse of a pulse signal, induced in a secondary winding of the transformer, to a positive pulse and switches the switching element by using the generated switching pulse signal.

2. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 1 , wherein
the secondary winding of the transformer includes a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding,
the switching circuit includes
a first rectifier circuit that half-wave rectifies and outputs a first pulse signal induced in the first secondary winding, and
a second rectifier circuit that half-wave rectifies and outputs a second pulse signal obtained by reversing a polarity of an induced pulse signal induced in the second secondary winding, and
the switching circuit generates the switching pulse signal to be a logical sum of an output signal of the first rectifier circuit and an output signal of the second rectifier circuit, and switches the switching element by using the generated switching pulse signal.

3. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 2 , wherein
in the transformer, a winding end of the first secondary winding and a winding start of the second secondary winding are connected to a ground terminal of the switching element,
the first rectifier circuit includes a first rectifier diode having an anode connected to a winding start of the first secondary winding and a cathode connected to a control terminal of the switching element, and
the second rectifier circuit includes a second rectifier diode having an anode connected to a winding end of the second secondary winding and a cathode connected to the control terminal of the switching element.

4. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 3 , wherein
the feedback control circuit further includes a drawing circuit that draws a charge of the control terminal of the switching element while an input signal of the first rectifier circuit and an input signal of the second rectifier circuit are both at a low level.

5. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 4 , wherein the drawing circuit includes
a first PNP transistor having a base connected to the winding start of the first secondary winding and an emitter connected to the control terminal of the switching element, and
a second PNP transistor having a base connected to the winding end of the second secondary winding, an emitter connected to a collector of the first PNP transistor, and a collector connected to the ground terminal of the switching element.

6. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 5 , wherein in the drawing circuit, current-limiting resistors are respectively provided between the winding start of the first secondary winding and the base of the first PNP transistor and between the winding end of the second secondary winding and the base of the second PNP transistor.

7. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 4 , wherein the drawing circuit includes
a first PNP transistor having a base connected to the winding end of the second secondary winding and an emitter connected to the control terminal of the switching element, and
a second PNP transistor having a base connected to the winding start of the first secondary winding, an emitter connected to a collector of the first PNP transistor, and a collector connected to the ground terminal of the switching element.

8. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 7 , wherein in the drawing circuit, current-limiting resistors are respectively provided between the winding start of the first secondary winding and the base of the second PNP transistor and between the winding end of the second secondary winding and the base of the first PNP transistor.

9. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 4 , wherein the drawing circuit includes
a first p-channel field-effect transistor having a gate connected to the winding start of the first secondary winding and a source connected to the control terminal of the switching element, and
a second p-channel field-effect transistor having a gate connected to the winding end of the second secondary winding, a source connected to a drain of the first p-channel field-effect transistor, and a drain connected to the ground terminal of the switching element.

10. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 9 , wherein in the drawing circuit, current-limiting resistors are respectively provided between the winding start of the first secondary winding and the gate of the first p-channel field-effect transistor and between the winding end of the second secondary winding and the gate of the second p-channel field-effect transistor.

11. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 4 , wherein the drawing circuit includes
a first p-channel field-effect transistor having a gate connected to the winding end of the second secondary winding and a source connected to the control terminal of the switching element, and
a second p-channel field-effect transistor having a gate connected to the winding start of the first secondary winding, a source connected to a drain of the first p-channel field-effect transistor, and a drain connected to the ground terminal of the switching element.

12. The insulation-type switching power supply according to claim 11 , wherein in the drawing circuit, current-limiting resistors are respectively provided between the winding start of the first secondary winding and the gate of the second p-channel field-effect transistor and between the winding end of the second secondary winding and the gate of the first p-channel field-effect transistor.

Assignees

• Fdk Corp

Inventors

• Hamada Kenji
• Sato Tadashi
• Fukui Norio

Classifications

• H02M3/33523 Primary

  with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop · CPC title

• H02M1/0003

  Details of control, feedback or regulation circuits · CPC title

• H02M1/40

  Means for preventing magnetic saturation · CPC title