Patents by Inventor Yoichi Terasawa
Yoichi Terasawa 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).
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Patent number: 9614448Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., LTD.Inventors: Akira Hayakawa, Masaaki Shimada, Yoichi Terasawa
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Patent number: 9270167Abstract: The present invention includes: a series circuit including a reactor and a switching element connected between the rectified-current output terminals of a rectifier; a series circuit including a diode and a smoothing capacitor for obtaining an output voltage, connected in parallel to the switching element; an error amplifier configured to detect the output voltage, amplify the error between the detected output voltage and a reference voltage, and output an error signal; a zero-current detector configured to output a signal when detecting that a reactor current flowing in the reactor has become zero current; a correction signal circuit configured to detect a switching current flowing in the switching element, and generate a correction signal corresponding to the detected switching current; and an ON-period control circuit configured to control the switching element's ON period in accordance with the error signal and correction signal, from when the zero-current detector detects the zero current.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoichi Terasawa
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Publication number: 20150249380Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Hayakawa, Masaaki Shimada, Yoichi Terasawa
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Publication number: 20150023067Abstract: The present invention includes: a series circuit including a reactor and a switching element connected between the rectified-current output terminals of a rectifier; a series circuit including a diode and a smoothing capacitor for obtaining an output voltage, connected in parallel to the switching element; an error amplifier configured to detect the output voltage, amplify the error between the detected output voltage and a reference voltage, and output an error signal; a zero-current detector configured to output a signal when detecting that a reactor current flowing in the reactor has become zero current; a correction signal circuit configured to detect a switching current flowing in the switching element, and generate a correction signal corresponding to the detected switching current; and an ON-period control circuit configured to control the switching element's ON period in accordance with the error signal and correction signal, from when the zero-current detector detects the zero current.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Yoichi TERASAWA
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Patent number: 7339799Abstract: A switching power supply includes a first series circuit formed by connecting first and second switching elements in series at both ends of a direct-current power source, a second series circuit formed by connecting a resonant capacitor, a resonant reactor, and a primary winding of a transformer in series at both ends of the switching element, a rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to rectify and smooth a voltage generated on a secondary winding of the transformer, and a control circuit configured to turn the first and second switching elements and on and off alternately based on an output voltage from the rectifying-smoothing circuit. Here, the control circuit sets an on-period of the second switching element to a predetermined time period longer than a half value of a cycle of a resonant current attributable to the resonant reactor and the resonant capacitor, and controls an on-period of the first switching element based on the output voltage from the rectifying-smoothing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shohei Osaka, Yoichi Terasawa, Yoichi Kyono
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Publication number: 20060098464Abstract: A switching power supply includes a first series circuit formed by connecting first and second switching elements in series at both ends of a direct-current power source, a second series circuit formed by connecting a resonant capacitor, a resonant reactor, and a primary winding of a transformer in series at both ends of the switching element, a rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to rectify and smooth a voltage generated on a secondary winding of the transformer, and a control circuit configured to turn the first and second switching elements and on and off alternately based on an output voltage from the rectifying-smoothing circuit. Here, the control circuit sets an on-period of the second switching element to a predetermined time period longer than a half value of a cycle of a resonant current attributable to the resonant reactor and the resonant capacitor, and controls an on-period of the first switching element based on the output voltage from the rectifying-smoothing circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicant: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shohei Osaka, Yoichi Terasawa, Yoichi Kyono