Patent ID: 7200016

Claim:
A video cassette recorder comprising: a video cassette recorder section configured to record an audio and video signal onto a video cassette and to play back the audio and video signal recorded on the video cassette; and an RCC type switching power supply configured to supply a power to the video cassette recorder section, wherein the RCC type switching power supply comprises: a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil; a switching circuit supplied with a primary DC source obtained by rectifying and smoothing a commercial power source introduced through a fuse and configured to switch a current flowing in the primary coil; an error detection circuit configured to detect a voltage error of a first DC output obtained by rectifying and smoothing an output of the secondary coil; and a photo-coupler configured to feed back the voltage error detected by the error detection circuit to the primary DC source, wherein the switching circuit performs the switching in accordance with an output signal output from the photo-coupler and indicating the voltage error to thereby stabilize a voltage of the first DC output, wherein the error detection circuit comprises: a resistor having one terminal connected to a second DC output obtained by rectifying and smoothing an output of the secondary coil; a Zener diode having a cathode connected to the other terminal of the resistor, and an anode connected to a ground; a diode having an anode connected to the first DC output, and a cathode connected to the cathode of the Zener diode; a voltage divider circuit configured to divide a voltage output from the cathode of the Zener diode; and a PNP transistor having an emitter connected to the first DC output, a base supplied with an output voltage of the voltage divider circuit, and a collector outputs a collector current for driving a light-emitting diode of the photo-coupler, and wherein a Zener voltage of the Zener diode and a voltage dividing ratio of the voltage divider circuit are configured so that the output voltage of the voltage divider circuit equals to a value obtained by subtracting a base-emitter voltage of the PNP transistor from the voltage of the first DC output, and that a temperature characteristic of the output voltage of the voltage divider circuit is set at a value canceling the temperature characteristic of the base-emitter voltage of the PNP transistor.