IP Library Granted Patent US 8,901,839
Granted Patent B2
US 8,901,839 · App. 13/346,843 · Granted Dec 2, 2014

Two-switch flyback power supply device

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Patent No.
US 8,901,839
App. No.
13/346,843
Granted
Dec 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In various embodiments, a two-switch flyback power supply may include a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding to feed a load; a pair of electronic switches alternatively switchable on and off to connect the primary winding of said transformer to an input line to feed said primary winding of said transformer, wherein at least one of said electronic switches is an electronic switch having a control electrode floating with respect to ground; a capacitive voltage divider arranged between said input line and the ground of the device, with the dividing point of said capacitive voltage divider connected to an intermediate point of said primary winding of said transformer; and an auxiliary secondary winding in said transformer, said auxiliary secondary winding feeding the control electrode of said at least one of said electronic switches.

Claims (13)

1. A two-switch flyback power supply device, comprising:

a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding to feed a load;

a pair of electronic switches alternatively switchable on and off to connect the primary winding of said transformer to an input line to feed said primary winding of said transformer, wherein at least one of said electronic switches has a control electrode floating with respect to ground;

a capacitive voltage divider arranged between said input line and the ground of the two-switch flyback power supply device, with the dividing point of said capacitive voltage divider connected to an intermediate point of said primary winding of said transformer; and

an auxiliary secondary winding in said transformer, said auxiliary secondary winding feeding the control electrode of said at least one of said electronic switches,

wherein one of the ends of the auxiliary secondary winding is connected to the gate of the electronic switch having the control electrode floating with respect to ground,

wherein said at least one of said electronic switches is interposed between said input line and the primary winding of said transformer, and

wherein the other of said electronic switches is interposed between the primary winding of said transformer and the ground of the circuit.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein a diode is interposed between said input line and said other electronic switch with the cathode of said diode towards said input line.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising: a further diode interposed between said auxiliary secondary winding and the ground of the device, with the anode of said further diode towards the ground of the device.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said at least one of said electronic switches is a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said load is a lighting source.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein said lighting source is a light emitting diode lighting source.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2022
From: ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
To: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
Reel/Frame 059220/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: OSRAM GMBH
To: ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058689/0898 →
CHANGE IN LEGAL FORM Recorded May 5, 2015
From: OSRAM AG
To: OSRAM GMBH
Reel/Frame 035573/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2012
From: LUCCATO, DANIELE
To: OSRAM AG
Reel/Frame 027506/0385 →