IP Library Granted Patent US 9,614,448
Granted Patent B2
US 9,614,448 · App. 14/631,491 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Switching power-supply device

Inventors: Akira Hayakawa (Niiza, JP); Masaaki Shimada (Niiza, JP); Yoichi Terasawa (Niiza, JP)
Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., LTD.
H02M3/33523H02M1/36H02M2001/0029H02M2001/0051Y02B70/1491
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Patent No.
US 9,614,448
App. No.
14/631,491
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switching power-supply device, in which an input power is applied to a primary winding of a transformer, a pulse voltage is induced in a secondary winding of the transformer by turning on and off a switching element connected to the primary winding of the transformer and an output voltage rectified and smoothed by a secondary-side rectifying-and-smoothing circuit having a rectifier diode and a smoothing capacitor is outputted. The switching power-supply device includes: a transient state detection circuit, which detects a transient state and outputs a soft-drive instruction signal; and a drive circuit which turns on-and-off the switching element in a soft-drive operation, in which a charging speed of a gate voltage at a time of passing a gate threshold voltage is delayed as compared to a normal operation, in a case where the soft-drive instruction signal is inputted.

Claims (16)

1. A switching power-supply device, in which an input power is applied to a primary winding of a transformer, a pulse voltage is induced in a secondary winding of the transformer by turning on and off a switching element connected to the primary winding of the transformer and an output voltage rectified and smoothed by a secondary-side rectifying-and- smoothing circuit having a rectifier diode and a smoothing capacitor is outputted, the switching power-supply device comprising:

a transient state detection circuit, which detects a transient state and outputs a soft-drive instruction signal; and

a drive circuit which turns on-and-off the switching element in a soft-drive operation, in which a charging speed of a gate voltage at a time of passing a gate threshold voltage is delayed as compared to a normal operation, in a case where the soft-drive instruction signal is inputted,

wherein the transient state detection circuit is configured to detect, as the transient state, a period from a time of starting until a drain current of the switching element oscillates due to responsibility of a feedback control after the output voltage reaches a steady voltage,

wherein the transient state detection circuit is configured to detect, as the transient state, an overload state detected by a feedback signal from the secondary side and to output the soft-drive instruction signal during a preset period of time,

wherein the switching power-supply device has an auto-restart function of restarting to turn on-and-off the switching element, and

wherein the switching power-supply device comprises a restarting delay circuit to delay an auto-restart cycle upon restarting from stop due to a continuous overload state.

2. The switching power-supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive circuit is configured to restore the charging speed of the gate voltage to a speed in the normal operation after the gate voltage passes the gate threshold voltage.

3. The switching power-supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the transient state detection circuit is configured to detect, as the transient state, a preset period from a time of starting to output the soft-drive instruction signal.

4. The switching power-supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the transient state detection circuit is configured to detect, as the transient state, an overload state detected by a drain current of the switching element and to output the soft-drive instruction signal during a preset period of time.

5. A switching power-supply device, in which an input power is applied to a primary winding of a transformer, a pulse voltage is induced in a secondary winding of the transformer by turning on and off a switching element connected to the primary winding of the transformer and an output voltage rectified and smoothed by a secondary-side rectifying-and-smoothing circuit having a rectifier diode and a smoothing capacitor is outputted, the switching power-supply device comprising:

a transient state detection circuit, which detects a transient state and outputs a soft-drive instruction signal; and

a drive circuit which turns on-and-off the switching element in a soft-drive operation, in which a charging speed of a gate voltage at a time of passing a gate threshold voltage is delayed as compared to a normal operation, in a case where the soft-drive instruction signal is inputted,

wherein the transient state detection circuit is configured to detect, as the transient state, an overload state detected by a feedback signal from the secondary side and to output the soft-drive instruction signal during a preset period of time,

wherein the switching power-supply device has an auto-restart function of restarting to turn on-and-off the switching element, and

wherein the switching power-supply device comprises a restarting delay circuit to delay an auto-restart cycle upon restarting from stop due to a continuous overload state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: HAYAKAWA, AKIRA; SHIMADA, MASAAKI; TERASAWA, YOICHI
To: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035034/0887 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-038340 · Feb 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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