Patent ID: 7433208

Claim:
A switching power supply device comprising: a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a feedback winding; a first switching element connected in series to the primary winding; a control circuit provided between a control terminal of the first switching element and the feedback winding; a rectifier circuit connected to the secondary winding; an output voltage control circuit arranged to detect an output voltage output from the rectifier circuit and feed back the output voltage to the control circuit through a single system; and an impedance circuit; wherein the control circuit includes an on-period control circuit arranged to turn off the first switching element in an on-state based on a feedback signal transmitted from the output voltage control circuit through the single system under non-light load, and an off-period control circuit arranged to control an off-period of the first switching element by delaying turn-on of the first switching element based on the feedback signal under light load; the impedance circuit is arranged to connect the off-period control circuit to the on-period control circuit, the impedance of the impedance circuit changing based on the feedback signal, wherein control of the off-period control circuit under light load and control of the on-period control circuit under non-light load are sequentially performed in accordance with a change in the impedance of the impedance circuit; the on-period control circuit includes a second switching element provided between the control terminal of the first switching element and ground and a time constant circuit including a capacitor arranged to apply a control voltage to the second switching element; the off-period control circuit includes a third switching element provided between the control terminal of the first switching element and the feedback winding and a fourth switching element provided between a control terminal of the third switching element and ground; and the impedance circuit includes a first path arranged to feed a current generated by the feedback signal to the capacitor and a second path serving as a bypass to feed the current to ground.