Patent ID: 7764527

Claim:
A switching power supply unit, comprising: a transformer including a first transformer coil, a second transformer coil, and a third transformer coil magnetically coupled to each other, a first bidirectional switching circuit disposed between the first transformer coil and a first DC power supply, and configured to include at least one switch array configured of a pair of switches connected in series, a second bidirectional switching circuit disposed between the second transformer coil and AC voltage input/output terminals, and configured such that switch arrays are connected in parallel to each other, each of the switch arrays being configured of a pair of switches connected in series, a third bidirectional switching circuit disposed between the second switching circuit and the AC voltage input/output terminals, and configured to include at least one switch array configured of a pair of switches connected in series, a rectifier circuit disposed between the third transformer coil and a second DC power supply, a voltage detection circuit detecting a DC power supply outputted from the rectifier circuit to the second DC power supply, and a control section controlling the first to third switching circuits based on a DC voltage being detected by the voltage detection circuit, wherein a voltage of the second DC power supply is becoming lower than a voltage of the first DC power supply, in an output mode where charge operation is performed to the second DC power supply and an AC output voltage is outputted from the AC voltage input/output terminals based on a DC input voltage being provided from the first DC power supply, the control section controls the first switching circuit so as to perform DC/AC conversion operation based on the DC power supply being detected by the voltage detection circuit, controls the second switching circuit so as to perform rectification, and controls the third switching circuit so as to perform DC/AC conversion operation, and in an input mode where charge operation is performed to at least one DC power supply between the first and second DC power supplies based on an AC input voltage being inputted from the AC voltage input/output terminals, the control section controls the third switching circuit so as to perform AC/DC conversion operation, controls the second switching circuit so as to perform DC/AC conversion operation based on the DC power supply being detected by the voltage detection circuit, and controls the first switching circuit so as to perform rectification.