Patent ID: 8704599

Claim:
A switching power supply circuit comprising: a first switching element and a second switching element that are connected in series to a direct current power source; a resonance circuit that includes an inductor and a capacitor; a transformer that has a primary coil, a first secondary coil, and a second secondary coil, the primary coil being connected to the resonance circuit and a connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element; an output terminal configured to rectify and smooth an induced voltage that is induced at the first secondary coil, and supply a resulting voltage to an external load; a pulse generation unit configured to generate a pulse for alternately opening and closing the first switching element and the second switching element to allow a resonance current to flow to the primary coil and the resonance circuit; a detection unit configured to detect whether a power consumption level in the external load connected to the output terminal is a predetermined power level or higher; and a switching unit configured to input a predetermined constant voltage to the pulse generation unit if the detection unit detected that the power consumption level in the external load is the predetermined power level or higher, and to input to the pulse generation unit a voltage obtained by an induced voltage that is induced at the second secondary coil being rectified and smoothed if the detection unit detected that the power consumption level in the external load is lower than the predetermined power level, wherein the pulse generation unit is configured so as to reduce the pulse width of the pulse that is generated if the voltage input from the switching unit is higher than a reference voltage, and to increase the pulse width of the pulse that is generated if the voltage input from the switching unit is lower than the reference voltage, and the predetermined constant voltage is set lower than the reference voltage.