Patent ID: 7557546

Claim:
A unidirectional DC-DC converter comprising a first switching element which supplies and shuts off current from a DC power supply to a first inductor, a diode which is back-to-back connected to the first switching element, a snubber capacitor which is connected in parallel to the first switching element, a control gate which turns on and off the first switching element and controls the duty of the first switching element, a circuit means which applies current to the back-to-back-connected diode in a short period including a time period in which the first switching element is turned on, and a diode which discharges energy stored in the inductor to the output side, wherein the circuit means is equipped with a series connection which is comprised of a second switching element and a second inductor and connected across the first switching element, and the second inductor being magnetically coupled with the first inductor, wherein the second switching element is turned on just before the first switching element is turned on, and further comprising a smoothing circuit which smoothes a voltage across the first switching element and takes out an output voltage without a transformer, wherein the smoothing circuit is equipped with a series circuit comprised of a first capacitor and a third inductor which is connected across the first switching element and a series circuit comprised of a diode and a second capacitor which is connected across the third inductor, and a load is connected across the second capacitor.