Patent ID: 7423889

Claim:
A forward converter with synchronous rectification including a transformer including a first coil and a second coil, a primary switching element connected in series to the first coil of the transformer, a choke coil connected in series to the second coil of the transformer, a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel between output terminals, a rectification switching element that is connected in series to the second coil of the transformer and that is turned on or off in synchronization with turning on or off of the primary switching element, a commutation switching element that is turned off or on in synchronization with the turning on or off of the primary switching element and that serves as a path through which an excitation energy of the choke coil is released when the commutation switching element is turned on, and a switching control circuit controlling switching of the primary switching element, the forward converter with synchronous rectification comprising: a commutation switch control voltage generating circuit that generates a control voltage for the commutation switching element; a commutation switch turning-on control switching element that is controlled with a voltage generated at an auxiliary coil of the transformer and that controls application of the control voltage to a control terminal of the commutation switching element; a commutation switch turning-off control switching element that is connected to the control terminal of the commutation switching element and, when the commutation switch turning-off control switching element is turned on, controls a voltage at the control terminal of the commutation switching element to turn off the commutation switching element; and a control switching element drive circuit that transmits an on-timing signal for the primary switching element from the first side of the transformer to the second side thereof in an insulated state and that turns on the commutation switch turning-off control switching element in response to the on-timing signal for the primary switching element, transmitted to the second side.