Patent ID: 6816393
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H02M

Abstract:
A switching power supply comprising:a transformer around which a primary coil and a secondary coil are wound, one terminal of said primary coil being introduced to a primary side positive power supply; a switching element having a current input terminal coupled to other terminal of said primary coil and a current output terminal coupled to a primary side ground level through a current detection resistor; a control transistor having a base coupled to said current output terminal, a collector coupled to a control terminal of said switching element and an emitter coupled to the primary side ground level; an error detection circuit for detecting an error voltage of a DC output obtained by rectifying and smoothing an output of said secondary coil; and a breaking resistor inserted at an arbitrary portion of a current path from an output point of the primary side positive power supply to said current input terminal, wherein said control transistor controls a switching operation of said switching element based on the error voltage to stabilize a voltage of the DC output and limits a current flowing into said switching element within a predetermined range of value based on a voltage between both terminals of said current detection resistor, when a value obtained by dividing a resistance value by a rated watt is defined as a broken index, a broken index of said breaking resistor is set in a range of two times to four times as large as a broken index of said current detection resistor, and each of said breaking resistor and said current detection resistor is formed by a metal film resistor.