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Granted Patent B2
US 12,744,467 · App. 18/916,955 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Switching power supply device

Inventors: Chuipong Liu (Hong Kong, CN); Siuwai Leung (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H02M3/33592H02M1/0058H02M1/123H02M1/126H02M1/44
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Patent No.
US 12,744,467
App. No.
18/916,955
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switching power supply device includes a passive EMI filter including capacitors coupled to an output terminal of the passive EMI filter and a ground, a first soft switching converter coupled to the passive EMI filter output terminal and the ground, including a primary side switching circuit coupled to the passive EMI filter output terminal, an isolation transformer including a primary winding coupled to the primary side switching circuit and a secondary winding, and a rectification circuit coupled to the secondary winding and an output terminal of the switching power supply device, and including a rectifier, and a first common-mode noise reduction path coupled between a node coupling the capacitor and the passive EMI filter output terminal and a node coupling a homonymous end of the secondary winding and the rectifier. The first common-mode noise reduction path includes an impedance.

Claims (24)

1 . A switching power supply device, comprising:

a passive electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter to receive an alternating current (AC) input or a direct current (DC) input through an input terminal of the switching power supply device, the passive EMI filter including capacitors respectively coupled to an output terminal of the passive EMI filter and a ground GND;

a first soft switching converter coupled to the output terminal of the passive EMI filter and the ground GND, the first soft switching converter including:

a primary side switching circuit coupled to the output terminal of the passive EMI filter;

an isolation transformer including a primary winding coupled to the primary side switching circuit and a secondary winding, a homonymous end of the primary winding being coupled to a node coupling windings in the primary side switching circuit; and

a rectification circuit coupled to the secondary winding and an output terminal of the switching power supply device, and including a rectifier; and

a first common-mode noise reduction path coupled between a node that couples one of the capacitors of the passive EMI filter and the output terminal of the passive EMI filter and a node that couples a homonymous end of the secondary winding and the rectifier in the rectification circuit; wherein

the first common-mode noise reduction path includes an impedance.

2 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the impedance includes a safety capacitor coupled in series in the first common-mode noise reduction path.

3 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the capacitors in the passive EMI filter include a first capacitor and a second capacitor; and

the first capacitor is coupled between a first output terminal of the passive EMI filter and the ground GND, and the second capacitor is coupled between a second output terminal of the passive EMI filter and the ground GND.

4 . The switching power supply device according to claim 3 , wherein the first common-mode noise reduction path is coupled to one of the first capacitor of the passive EMI filter and the second capacitor of the passive EMI filter.

5 . The switching power supply device according to claim 4 , wherein the passive EMI filter includes one or more stages of filters.

6 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the first soft switching converter is coupled to the output terminal of the passive EMI filter via a PFC converter.

7 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one second soft switching converter and at least one second common-mode noise reduction path corresponding to the at least one second soft switching converter; wherein

the second soft switching converter and the first soft switching converter are coupled in parallel between the output terminal of the passive EMI filter and the output terminal of the switching power supply device, and the second soft switching converter has a same configuration as the first soft switching converter;

the second common-mode noise reduction path is coupled between the node that couples one of the capacitors of the passive EMI filter and the output terminal of the passive EMI filter and a node that couples a homonymous end of a secondary winding of an isolation transformer in the second soft switching converter and a rectifier in a rectification circuit in the second soft switching converter; and

the second common-mode noise reduction path has a same configuration as the first common-mode noise reduction path.

8 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the rectification circuit is a half-bridge rectification circuit, and the secondary winding includes two windings.

9 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the rectification circuit is a full-bridge synchronous rectification circuit, and the secondary winding contains one winding.

10 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the rectifier in the rectification circuit includes a diode or a field effect transistor.

11 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the primary side switching circuit has a half-bridge configuration.

12 . The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the first soft switching converter includes a filter capacitor coupled between output terminals of the switching power supply device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2024
From: LIU, CHUIPONG; LEUNG, SIUWAI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068911/0734 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202311345677.4 · Oct 17, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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