# US 2019/0173372 A1 · Switching power supply circuit structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0173372 A1 - Document ID: US20190173372A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/900,050 - Filed: 2018-02-20 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06 - Assignees: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chen-Chi LIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190173372A1 ## CPC - H02M 1/143: {using compensating arrangements (for reducing noise from the supply in transmission systems H04B15/005)} - H02M 1/08: Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters - H02M 3/155: using semiconductor devices only - H02M 3/156: with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract A switching power supply circuit structure is disclosed. The switching power supply circuit structure includes an input terminal, an output terminal, an energy storage capacitor, a boost circuit, and a second inductor. The input terminal is connected in parallel with an input capacitor. The output terminal has a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The energy storage capacitor is electrically connected between the positive terminal and the ground terminal. The boost circuit comprises a first inductor, a switch component and a diode. One end of the first inductor, the switch component and the diode are electrically connected to each other to form a common point. The switch component is electrically connected between the common point and the ground terminal. The second inductor is electrically connected between the negative terminal and the common point, wherein the negative terminal is not connected to the ground terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A switching power supply circuit structure, comprising: an input terminal, which is connected in parallel with an input capacitor; an output terminal, which has a positive terminal and a negative terminal; an energy storage capacitor, which is electrically connected between the positive terminal and a ground terminal; a boost circuit, comprising a first inductor, a switch component, and a diode, wherein one end of the first inductor, the switch component and the diode are electrically connected to each other to form a common point, and the switch component is electrically connected between the common point and the ground terminal; and a second inductor, which is electrically connected between the negative terminal and the common point, wherein the negative terminal is not connected to the ground terminal; wherein when the switch component is turn on, the first inductor, the switch component, and the ground terminal form a first series circuit to charge the first inductor, while the energy storage capacitor forms a second series circuit through the output terminal and the switch component to charge the second inductor. ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an output capacitor which has a function of stabilizing output voltage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the switch component is turn off, the first inductor, the diode, the energy storage capacitor, and the ground terminal form a third series circuit, and the first inductor discharges energy to the energy storage capacitor, while the second inductor and the diode forms a fourth series circuit with the output terminal such that the second inductor discharges energy to the output terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the switch component is in an on or off state, the flow of current through the first inductor is maintained to reduce the magnetizing current of the first inductor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the switch component is in an on or off state, the second inductor and the output capacitor are always connected in series or in parallel with the output terminal to reduce the ripple current of the output terminal. ### Claim 7 A switching power supply circuit structure, comprising: an input terminal, which is connected in parallel with an input capacitor; an output terminal, which has a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a boost circuit, comprising a first inductor, a switch component, and a diode, wherein one end of the first inductor, the switch component, and the diode are electrically connected to each other to form a common point, and the switch component is electrically connected between the common point and a ground terminal; and a second inductor, one end of the second inductor is electrically connected to the positive terminal and the other end of the second inductor is electrically connected to the diode and an energy storage capacitor, and the other end of the energy storage capacitor is electrically connected to the ground terminal, wherein the negative terminal is electrically connected to the common point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the switch component is turn on, the first inductor, the switch component, and the ground terminal form a first series circuit to charge the first inductor, while the energy storage capacitor forms a second series circuit through the output terminal and the switch component to charge the second inductor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an output capacitor which has a function of stabilizing output voltage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the switch component is turn off, the first inductor, the diode, the energy storage capacitor, and the ground terminal form a third series circuit such that the first inductor discharges energy to the energy storage capacitor, while the second inductor, the diode, and the output terminal form a fourth series circuit such that the second inductor discharges energy to the output terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the switch component is in an on or off state, the flow of current through the first inductor is maintained to reduce the magnetizing current of the first inductor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The switching power supply circuit structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the switch component is in an on or off state, the second inductor and the output capacitor are always connected in series or in parallel with the output terminal to reduce the ripple current of the output terminal.