Patent ID: 8872388

Claim:
A discharge apparatus applied to an alternating current power apparatus and a switching power supply, the switching power supply including a primary output power unit, a rectifying and power factor correction unit and an auxiliary power unit, wherein the primary output power unit is electrically connected to the rectifying and power factor correction unit and the auxiliary power unit, the auxiliary power unit is electrically connected to the rectifying and power factor correction unit, and the alternating current power apparatus is electrically connected to the rectifying and power factor correction unit, the discharge apparatus being electrically connected to the alternating current power apparatus and the auxiliary power unit, the discharge apparatus comprising: a switch including a first contact point, a second contact point, and a third contact point, the third contact point being electrically connected to ground; a first discharge resistor, the first side of the first discharge resistor being electrically connected to the auxiliary power unit, the second side of the first discharge resistor being electrically connected to the first contact point of the switch; a first voltage division resistor, the first side of the first voltage division resistor being electrically connected to the second contact point of the switch, the second side of the first voltage division resistor being electrically connected to ground; a first capacitor, the first side of the first capacitor being electrically connected to the second contact point of the switch, the second side of the first capacitor being electrically connected to ground; a Zener diode, the anode of the Zener diode being electrically connected to the second contact point of the switch, the cathode of the Zener diode being electrically connected to ground; a first unidirectional current passing unit, the first side of the first unidirectional current passing unit being electrically connected to the second contact point of the switch, the second side of the first unidirectional current passing unit being electrically connected to the alternating current power apparatus; and a second unidirectional current passing unit, the first side of the second unidirectional current passing unit being electrically connected to the second side of the first unidirectional current passing unit and the alternating current power apparatus, the second side of the second unidirectional current passing unit being electrically connected to ground, wherein when the alternating current power apparatus stops sending an alternating current power to the rectifying and power factor correction unit and the rectifying and power factor correction unit stops sending a direct current power to the auxiliary power unit, the auxiliary power unit discharges; the switch is conducted when the alternating current power apparatus stops sending the alternating current power to the discharge apparatus; therefore, the auxiliary power unit discharge to the first discharge resistor.