Patent ID: 10511219

Abstract:
A switching power supply includes a power converter with an inductor and first and second switches that converts a voltage Vac to a voltage Vdc, a detector with a winding that detects zero timing of an inductor current, and a driving signal generator that switches on the second switch based on the zero timing and then switches on the first switch. The driving signal generator ends a period T2 before the zero timing by executing a measuring process for an on period T1 of the second switch, a process that calculates the period T2 from T2=T1×|Vac|/(Vdc−|Vac|)−Tc using a correction time Tc, a process that switches on the first switch for only the period T2, a process that measures an elapsed time between the periods T2 and T1, and a process that changes the correction time Tc so that the elapsed time becomes a target time.