Patent ID: 8564974

Claim:
A power source apparatus in which input voltage is applied to a primary coil of a transformer, and switching drive of the input voltage is carried out by a switching element, so that direct-current electric power is outputted from a secondary coil of the transformer through a rectifier circuit comprising: a trigger-control circuit which detects direct-current output voltage so as to control an “on” period, which detects that current of the secondary coil becomes zero based on a zero detection signal obtained from a voltage signal from a control coil that the transformer has, and which turns on the switching element; and a timer circuit which is operated according to the voltage signal of the control coil for timing, and which gives an ON signal to the trigger-control circuit according to a timing signal obtained by timing so as to perform control whereby when outputted energy is large and a cycle thereof is extended so as to be longer than a period set up in the timer circuit, without waiting for discharge of electromagnetic energy of the transformer, the ON signal has priority over the zero voltage signal, so as to turn on the main switch in a coercive manner, wherein a capacitor for timing, which forms the timer circuit is charged to negative by a negative voltage level which is proportional to the input voltage generated in the “on” period of the switching element according to the voltage signal from the control coil, and the capacitor for timing is charged to positive according to positive voltage level proportional to the output voltage generated in the control coil in a “off” period, whereby one cycle is timed by calculation of the “on” period and the “off” period of the control coil voltage, so as to control oscillation cycle.