Abstract: An isolated converter with a reduced size is disclosed. A small-sized multilayer sheet transformer includes a multilayer circuit board composed of a plurality of sheet substrates, coil patterns of primary and secondary coils disposed coaxially on the sheet substrates, and a core member disposed in a coil pattern unit formed of the coil patterns. In this multilayer sheet transformer, a coil pattern formed on the outer surface of the top layer and a coil pattern formed on the outer surface of the bottom layer are for the same coil on either the primary or secondary side. In the case where the coil patterns formed on the outer surfaces of the top and bottom layers of the multilayer sheet transformer are for the primary coil, an isolation gap is formed between the multilayer sheet transformer and a circuit on the secondary side to prevent an electrical breakdown between the primary and secondary sides.

Abstract: An isolated converter with a reduced size is disclosed. A small-sized multilayer sheet transformer includes a multilayer circuit board composed of a plurality of sheet substrates, coil patterns of primary and secondary coils disposed coaxially on the sheet substrates, and a core member disposed in a coil pattern unit formed of the coil patterns. In this multilayer sheet transformer, a coil pattern formed on the outer surface of the top layer and a coil pattern formed on the outer surface of the bottom layer are for the same coil on either the primary or secondary side. In the case where the coil patterns formed on the outer surfaces of the top and bottom layers of the multilayer sheet transformer are for the primary coil, an isolation gap is formed between the multilayer sheet transformer and a circuit on the secondary side to prevent an electrical breakdown between the primary and secondary sides.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a primary side circuit for allowing a switching device to perform on/off operations to output energy in a primary coil of a transformer to a secondary coil. A secondary side circuit rectifies and smooths a voltage outputted from the secondary coil so as to output a DC-DC voltage. A voltage-detecting circuit rectifies and smooths a voltage outputted from a voltage-detecting coil provided in the transformer so as to output the voltage as a detected voltage corresponding to a voltage to be outputted from the secondary side circuit. A control circuit applies to the switching device a pulse control signal used for controlling on/off operation of the switching device according to the voltage outputted from the voltage-detecting circuit.

Abstract: A switching power supply unit, which rectifies and smoothes an AC current and an AC voltage from the on-off switching operation of a main switching element to output a DC current and a DC voltage, has an output current detection circuit including a current detection resistor disposed in an intermittent-current flowing path through which a current intermittently flows in sync with the on-off switching operation of the main switching element, a synchronous rectifying a switching element for rectifying a current flowing through the current detection resistor, and a capacitor for charging the current rectified by the synchronous rectifying element, wherein the current flowing through the current detection resistor is charged in the capacitor by a rectifying operation of the synchronous rectifying element, and the charging voltage of the capacitor is outputted as a voltage corresponding to the output current of the switching power supply unit.

Abstract: further comprising a fourth printed coil provided on a fourth substrate which has an intermediate hole and a pair of external holes respectively inserted in the intermediate leg and the pair of external legs of the core, the fourth printed coil including a pair of external printed coils which are connected in series and are respectively wound around the pair of the external holes and each having the same number of turns but having wound in the opposite directions, whereby the second printed coil is magnetically coupled with the fourth printed coil to form a second transformer.

Abstract: A coil device having a core having an intermediate leg and at least a pair of external legs arranged at equal intervals from the intermediate leg; a first printed coil provided on a first substrate which has an intermediate hole and a pair of external holes respectively inserted in the intermediate leg and the pair of external legs of the core, the first printed coil being wound around the intermediate hole; and a second printed coil provided on a second substrate which has an intermediate hole and a pair of external holes respectively inserted in the intermediate leg and the pair of external legs of the core, the second printed coil including a pair of external printed coils which are connected in series and are respectively wound around the pair of the external holes with the same number of turns but in opposite directions.

Abstract: An isolating DC—DC converter has a main switching element disposed on the primary side of a main transformer and a synchronous rectifier disposed on the secondary side thereof. The synchronous rectifier is turned off by synchronizing to the turn-on of the main switching element and is turned on by synchronizing to the turn-off the main switching element. The isolating DC—DC converter has a drive transformer connected to a charging circuit of the main switching element, the drive transformer outputting a pulse when an ON signal of a control pulse driving the main switching element is outputted, and an early-off drive circuit receiving the pulse of the drive transformer to turn off the synchronous rectifier before the main switching element is turned on.

Abstract: A DC—DC converter has a main switching element provided on the primary side of a transformer, a drain to source path of a synchronous rectifier on a rectification side comprising a MOSFET which switches in synchronism with the switching operation of the main switching element disposed on a line connecting one terminal side of the secondary coil of the transformer with an output terminal of a circuit on the secondary side of the transformer, and a gate of the synchronous rectifier on the rectification side connected so as to have applied thereto a voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the secondary coil via an input capacitor on the rectification side, so that a voltage generated on the primary side by switching operation of said main switching element is transmitted to the secondary side to be rectified and smoothed to output a DC voltage.

Abstract: A switching power supply is provided which is capable of supplying a stable voltage to a control circuit with high precision so as to enable an electronic part that does not have a high voltage tolerance to be used in the control circuit, and which enhances efficiency by providing a circuit configuration with a reduced power loss. The auxiliary power supply circuit of the switching power supply is configured such that, to a primary power supply, a series circuit including a first resistor, a voltage element, and a Zener diode; and a series circuit including a second resistor, a first transistor, a second transistor; and a control circuit of a switching element, are connected in parallel to each other. The input terminal of the first transistor is connected to the connection point of the first resistor and the voltage element, the input terminal of the second transistor is connected to the connection point of the voltage element and the Zener diode.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter has improved electrical characteristics, including a voltage-reduction detection circuit and a zero-voltage switching control circuit. In the voltage-reduction detection circuit, in a period when a switching device is OFF, when a drain voltage of the switching device is reduced to an input voltage level, a voltage of a connection section of registers is allowed to reach a threshold voltage level to reverse a signal outputted from a NOR gate from a higher level to a lower level. In the zero-voltage switching control circuit, the signal reduced as above is received and a signal outputted from a NOR gate is reversed to a higher level, according to which a pulse-control signal outputted from a NOR gate to the switching device is reversed to a higher level to turn on the switching device.

Abstract: A control power supply circuit adapted for the reduction of conduction loss at a low load and for providing overcurrent protection operation. The control power supply circuit operates to supply power having a control voltage to a control circuit.

Abstract: An overcurrent protection circuit provided for a switching power supply has a current detector, voltage superposition device, and circuit for reducing a driving pulse. The current detector detects a circuit current in the switching power supply and converts it to a voltage. The voltage superposition device generates a constant voltage and superposes the voltage onto the detected voltage converted by the current detector. The detected voltage onto which the constant voltage has been superposed is applied between the base and the emitter of a transistor which functions as the circuit for reducing the driving pulse. If an overcurrent flows through the switching power supply, the transistor is turned on and a current flows into the transistor. As a result, a voltage applied to a maximum-duty-cycle setting terminal of a PWM IC provided for the switching power supply and used for pulse-width-modulation control of a switch device is reduced, and the overcurrent is suppressed.

Abstract: A multi-output switching power unit which can substantially prevent an output power supply of an auxiliary output power circuit from dropping significantly when a load a is light and which has a reduced loss in the output path. A voltage up capacitor 20, a first diode 21, a second diode 22 and a series regulator 13 are provided in the auxiliary output power circuit 9 including a choke rectifier circuit 4. When the load a is light and an output voltage V2 of the auxiliary output power circuit 9 drops to below the predetermined voltage of the series regulator, the series regulator 13 is put into a conductively connected state.

Abstract: In a high voltage generator including a flyback transformer having a low-voltage coil and a high-voltage coil, a first switching element is disposed in a current path between a drive power source, the low-voltage coil and ground. The first switching element is turned on and off so as to charge and discharge a resonance capacitor, thereby generating flyback pulses. An output voltage of the high-voltage coil is detected. A peak value of the flyback pulse is controlled based on the detected output voltage so as to stabilize the output voltage of the high-voltage coil. A second switching element is located in the current path between the drive power source, the low-voltage coil and ground. The second switching element is turned on the moment the first switching element is turned off, thereby transferring electrical energy stored in the low-voltage coil to the resonance capacitor.