Power source apparatus
View Patent ↗Power source apparatus utilizing a synchronous rectification system including a main transformer having a primary coil, and two secondary coils connected to each other by a tap mutually electromagnetically coupled to the primary coil. The power source apparatus includes a gate driver generating a first drive signal and a second drive signal to a gate of a first field effect transistor and to a gate of a second field effect transistor, respectively. The first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor are turned on and off alternative by the gate driver.
1. A power source apparatus utilizing a synchronous rectification system, comprising:
a main transformer having a primary coil, and a first secondary coil and a second secondary coil having first ends connected to each other through a tap mutually electromagnetically coupled to said primary coil;
a first field effect transistor having a drain connected to a second end of said first secondary coil, a source connected to a reference electric potential, and a gate to which a first drive signal is supplied;
a second field effect transistor having a drain connected to a second end of said second secondary coil, a source connected to the reference electric potential, and a gate to which a second drive signal is supplied; and
a gate driver configured to generate the first drive signal and the second drive signal in accordance with a drain voltage of said first field effect transistor and a drain voltage of said second field effect transistor, for driving said first field effect transistor and said second field effect transistor in a complementary style,
wherein the first and second drive signals alternately turn on the first and second field effect transistors, such that the first field effect transistor is turned on when the second field effect transistor turns off, and the second field effect transistor turns on when the first field effect transistor turns off, and
wherein said gate driver includes:
a first comparator for comparing a drain voltage of said first field effect transistor with a reference voltage;
a second comparator for comparing a drain voltage of said second field effect transistor with the reference voltage;
a first delay circuit for delaying the first drive signal by a previously set dead time;
a second delay circuit for delaying the second drive signal by the previously set dead time;
a first circuit for generating the second drive signal in accordance with an output signal from said first comparator, and the first drive signal delayed by said first delay circuit, and outputting the second drive signal to each of said gate of said second field effect transistor, and an input of said second delay circuit; and
a second circuit for generating the first drive signal in accordance with an output signal from said second comparator, and the second drive signal delayed by said second delay circuit, and outputting the first drive signal to each of said gate of said first field effect transistor, and an input of said first delay circuit.
2. The power source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first field effect transistor turns on when the first drive signal is high and the second drive signal is low to provide current through the first field effect transistor while the second field effect transistor is off, and the second field effect transistor turns on when the second drive signal is high and the first drive signal is low to provide current through the second field effect transistor while the first field effect transistor is off.
3. The power source apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in said main transformer,
in response to a resonance operation on the first end, pulses are induced in said first secondary coil and said second secondary coil on the second end, respectively, and
a first current is caused to flow through said first field effect transistor, and a second current, 180° out of phase with the first current, is caused to flow through said second field effect transistor, said first and second current being alternately supplied to said tap.
4. A power source apparatus, comprising:
a first converter for converting an alternating current voltage into a first direct current voltage; and
a second converter for converting the first direct current voltage obtained by said first converter into a second direct current voltage, said second comparator adopting a synchronous rectification system on a secondary side,
said second comparator including
a main transformer having a primary coil, and a first secondary coil and a second secondary coil having first ends connected to each other through a tap mutually electromagnetically coupled to said primary coil,
a first field effect transistor having a drain connected to a second end of said first secondary coil, a source connected to a reference electric potential, and a gate to which a first drive signal is supplied,
a second field effect transistor having a drain connected to a second end of said second secondary coil, a source connected to the reference electric potential, and a gate to which a second drive signal is supplied, and
a gate driver for generating the first drive signal and the second drive signal in accordance with a drain voltage of said first field effect transistor and a drain voltage of said second field effect transistor, thereby driving said first field effect transistor and said second field effect transistor in a complementary style,
wherein the first and second drive signals alternately turn on the first and second field effect transistors, such that the first field effect transistor is turned on when the second field effect transistor turns off, and the second field effect transistor turns on when the first field effect transistor turns off, and
wherein said gate driver includes:
a first comparator for comparing a drain voltage of said first field effect transistor with a reference voltage;
a second comparator for comparing a drain voltage of said second field effect transistor with the reference voltage;
a first delay circuit for delaying the first drive signal by a previously set dead time;
a second delay circuit for delaying the second drive signal by the previously set dead time;
a first circuit for generating the second drive signal in accordance with an output signal from said first comparator, and the first drive signal delayed by said first delay circuit, and outputting the second drive signal to each of said gate of said second field effect transistor, and an input of said second delay circuit; and
a second circuit for generating the first drive signal in accordance with an output signal from said second comparator, and the second drive signal delayed by said second delay circuit, and outputting the first drive signal to each of said gate of said first field effect transistor, and an input of said first delay circuit.
5. The power source apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first field effect transistor turns on when the first drive signal is high and the second drive signal is low to provide current through the first field effect transistor while the second field effect transistor is off, and the second field effect transistor turns on when the second drive signal is high and the first drive signal is low to provide current through the second field effect transistor while the first field effect transistor is off.
6. The power source apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein in said main transformer,
in response to a resonance operation on the first end, pulses are induced in said first secondary coil and said second secondary coil on the second end, respectively, and a first current is caused to flow through said first field effect transistor, and a second current, 180° out of phase with the first current, is caused to flow through said second field effect transistor, said first and second current being alternately supplied to said tap.