Adjusting apparatus and adjustment method

1. An adjusting apparatus comprising:

a capacitor that is charged by output current output from a switching power source circuit;

a current source circuit that generates a current of an amount corresponding to a set designated value, and causes the capacitor to be charged by the generated current;

a switch that switches between charging of the capacitor by the current from the current source circuit and discharging of the capacitor;

a first setting unit that sets the designated value for the current source circuit to be a predetermined value;

first control unit that causes the discharging of the capacitor to end by switching the switch to a discharging side when the capacitor is not charged by the output current;

second control unit that causes the capacitor to be charged by switching the switch to a charging side, after the first control unit causes the discharging of the capacitor to end and the first setting unit sets the designated value;

a measuring unit that measures a time period from a time when the second control unit switches the switch to the charging side until a time when an electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds a threshold value;

a calculating unit that calculates based on the time period measured by the measuring unit and the predetermined value, the designated value such that the time period measured by the measuring unit is a predetermined time period; and

a second setting unit that sets the designated value for the current source circuit to be the designated value calculated by the calculating unit.

2. The adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the calculating unit calculates the designated value by dividing the time period measured by the measuring unit by the predetermined time period and multiplying a resulting quotient by the predetermined value.

3. The adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the measuring unit comprises:

a comparator that determines whether the electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds the threshold value; and

a counter that counts the time period from the time when the second control unit switches the switch to the charging side until the time when the electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds the threshold value.

4. An adjusting apparatus comprising:

a capacitor that is charged by output current output from a switching power source circuit;

a current source circuit that generates a current of an amount corresponding to a set designated value and causes the capacitor to be charged by the generated current;

a switch that switches between charging of the capacitor by the current from the current source circuit and discharging of the capacitor;

a first setting unit that sequentially sets the designated value for the current source circuit to be settable values;

a first control unit that each time the first setting unit sets the designated value, causes the discharging of the capacitor to end by switching the switch to a discharging side when the capacitor is not charged by the output current;

a second control unit that causes the capacitor to be charged by switching the switch to a charging side when the first control unit causes the discharging of the capacitor to end;

a determining unit that determines whether a time period from a time when the second control unit switches the switch to the charging side until a time when an electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds a threshold value is a predetermined time period; and

a second setting unit that sets among the designated values set by the first setting unit, the designated value for the current source circuit to be a value for which the determining unit determines that the time period to exceed the threshold value is the predetermined time period.

5. An adjusting apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the determining unit comprises:

a comparator that determines whether the electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds the threshold value;

a counter that counts a time period from the time when the second control unit switches the switch to the charging side until a time when the predetermined time period elapses; and

a judging unit that judges based on a result obtained by the comparator and a result of the counting by the counter, whether a timing at which the electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds the threshold value matches the timing at which the predetermined time period elapses from the time when the second control unit switches the switch to the charging side.

6. An adjusting method of adjusting a designated value that sets a slope compensation circuit having a capacitor that is charged by output current output from a switching power source circuit; a current source circuit that generates a current of an amount corresponding to the set designated value, and causes the capacitor to be charged by the generated current; and a switch that switches between charging of the capacitor by the current from the current source circuit and discharging of the capacitor, the adjusting method comprising:

setting the designated value for the current source circuit to be a predetermined value;

causing the discharging of the capacitor to end by switching the switch to a discharging side when the capacitor is not charged by the output current;

causing the capacitor to be charged by switching the switch to a charging side, after the discharging of the capacitor ends and the designated value is set;

measuring a time period from a time when the second control unit switches the switch to the charging side until a time when an electric potential difference of the capacitor exceeds a threshold value;

calculating based on the measured time period and the predetermined value, the designated value such that the time period measured at the measuring is a predetermined time period; and

setting the designated value for the current source circuit to be the designated value calculated at the calculating unit.