Patents by Inventor Noritoshi Imamura

Noritoshi Imamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6043993
    Abstract: In a switching power source, by alternately turning on first and second MOS transistors, a switching current flows to a primary winding of a transformer, and an alternate current is transferred to a secondary side. The alternate voltage caused in a secondary winding is full-wave rectified by first and second diodes. Resonance elements (capacitor and coil) are connected to a tertiary winding coupled to an isolation transfer, thereby enabling the primary side to be set into a resonated state and to be set to a current resonance type switching power source. Since a leakage inductance of the transformer is not set to a resonance element, an interval between the windings of the isolation transformer can be closely coupled. Since a resonance current is not directly turned on/off, a peak value of the primary current is decreased and switching loss and loss due to an on-resistance can be decreased. The efficiency of a current resonance type switching power source is thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kobori, Noritoshi Imamura