IP Library Granted Patent US 9,468,071
Granted Patent B2
US 9,468,071 · App. 14/850,549 · Granted Oct 11, 2016

Switching power supply device and projection video display device

Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yamaji (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H05B33/089H02M1/32H02M3/337H04N9/3155H05B33/083H05B33/0815H02M3/33576H02M2001/0009H02M2001/0058
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Patent No.
US 9,468,071
App. No.
14/850,549
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switching power supply device includes a transformer which includes a secondary winding divided into a plurality of winding units, a resonant capacitor, and a first switching element and a second switching element. Further, the switching power supply device includes a plurality of rectifier diodes which extracts voltages induced to the secondary winding in the winding units, an output voltage switching circuit which switches the voltages extracted from the plurality of rectifier diodes and outputs a switched voltage, a current detection circuit which detects a current flowing in a load circuit, and a controller which controls the output voltage switching circuit based on a detection result of the current detection circuit.

Claims (31)

1. A projection video display device comprising:

a light source; and

a switching power supply device which supplies power to the light source,

wherein the switching power supply device includes

a transformer which includes a primary winding and a secondary winding divided into a plurality of winding units;

a resonant capacitor which forms a resonant circuit including the primary winding as a component;

a first switching element and a second switching element which are provided at a side of the primary winding;

a plurality of rectifier diodes electrically connected to respective ones of the winding units of the secondary winding, the rectifier diodes extracting voltages induced to the secondary winding in the winding units;

an output voltage switching circuit which switches the respective voltages extracted from the rectifier diodes and outputs a plurality of mutually different switched voltages;

a current detection circuit which detects a current flowing in the light source; and

a controller which controls the output voltage switching circuit based on a detection result of the current detection circuit,

wherein the light source includes a plurality of light source modules which includes a plurality of semiconductor light source elements electrically connected in series,

wherein each of the plurality of light source modules is electrically connected in series sandwiching a current detection resistor,

wherein the current detection circuit detects currents flowing in the resistor,

wherein each of the light source modules includes a short-circuiting switching element which is configured to short-circuit between both terminals of the plurality of semiconductor light source elements connected in series, and

wherein the controller is configured to control each of the short-circuiting switching elements based on the detection result of the current detection circuit.

2. The projection video display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller temporarily lowers a voltage supplied to the primary winding based on the detection result of the current detection circuit.

3. A projection video display device comprising:

a light source; and

a switching power supply device which supplies power to the light source,

wherein the switching power supply device includes

a transformer which includes a primary winding and a secondary winding divided into a plurality of winding units;

a resonant capacitor which forms a resonant circuit including the primary winding as a component;

a first switching element and a second switching element which are provided at a side of the primary winding;

a plurality of rectifier diodes which extract voltages induced to the secondary winding in the winding units;

an output voltage switching circuit which switches the voltages extracted from the plurality of rectifier diodes and outputs a switched voltage;

a current detection circuit which detects a current flowing in the light source; and

a controller which controls the output voltage switching circuit based on a detection result of the current detection circuit,

wherein the light source includes a plurality of light source modules which includes a plurality of semiconductor light source elements electrically connected in series,

wherein each of the plurality of light source modules is electrically connected in series sandwiching a current detection resistor, and the current detection circuit detects currents flowing in the resistor, and

wherein each of the light source modules includes a short-circuiting switching element which is configured to short-circuit between both terminals of the plurality of semiconductor light source elements connected in series, and the controller is configured to control each of the short-circuiting switching elements based on the detection result of the current detection circuit.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: YAMAJI, TSUYOSHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036698/0969 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-184962 · Sep 11, 2014 · national
JP 2015-150191 · Jul 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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