Patent ID: 7447048
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H02M,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A switching power supply circuit comprising: a switching element that implements switching for a direct-current (DC) voltage to thereby convert the DC voltage into an alternating-current (AC) voltage; a converter transformer that includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, the AC voltage being input to the primary winding so that an AC voltage is generated in the secondary winding; a secondary-side rectifying and smoothing circuit that includes a secondary-side rectifier element and a secondary-side smoothing capacitor for rectifying and smoothing the AC voltage generated in the secondary winding to thereby produce an output DC voltage; and switching element control means that controls the switching element based on the output DC voltage; wherein the DC voltage is supplied to one winding end of the primary winding in the converter transformer via a choke coil, and the switching element is connected to the other winding end of the primary winding in the converter transformer so that the AC voltage is generated, a series resonant capacitor is coupled to a connecting node between the one winding end of the primary winding in the converter transformer and the choke coil, so that a first series resonant circuit of which resonant frequency is dominated by a leakage inductance arising in the primary winding in the converter transformer and the series resonant capacitor is formed, and so that a second series resonant circuit of which resonant frequency is dominated by an inductance of the choke coil and the series resonant capacitor is formed, and the resonant frequency of the first series resonant circuit and the resonant frequency of the second series resonant circuit are set to be substantially equal to each other, a parallel resonant circuit of which resonant frequency is dominated by a primary-side parallel resonant capacitor connected in parallel to the switching element, the inductance of the choke coil and the leakage inductance arising in the primary winding is formed, and the resonant frequency of the parallel resonant circuit is set higher than the resonant frequency of the first series resonant circuit and the resonant frequency of the second series resonant circuit, and the secondary winding includes a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding so that currents in directions of opposite polarities are extracted from the first and second secondary windings through a first rectifier diode and a second rectifier diode, respectively, included in the secondary-side rectifier element, and a ratio of the number of turns of the first secondary winding to the number of turns of the second secondary winding is defined so that magnitudes of the currents in directions of opposite polarities are substantially equal to each other.