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).

  • Patent number: 9614448
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Hayakawa, Masaaki Shimada, Yoichi Terasawa
  • Patent number: 9270167
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Terasawa
  • Publication number: 20150249380
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Hayakawa, Masaaki Shimada, Yoichi Terasawa
  • Publication number: 20150023067
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Yoichi TERASAWA
  • Patent number: 7339799
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Osaka, Yoichi Terasawa, Yoichi Kyono
  • Publication number: 20060098464
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Osaka, Yoichi Terasawa, Yoichi Kyono