# US 5,353,213 A · Circuit configuration for a self-oscillating blocking oscillator switched-mode power supply

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- Number: US 5,353,213 A
- Document ID: US5353213A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/108,771
- Filed: 1993-08-18
- Granted: 1994-10-04
- Earliest claimed: 1990-07-03
- Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Ernst Paulik; Rainer Dangschat
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5353213A

## CPC

- H02M 1/4258: {using a single converter stage both for correction of AC input power factor and generation of a regulated and galvanically isolated DC output voltage (H02M1/4241 takes precedence)}
- H02M 3/33507: {with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters (H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence)}
- Y02B 70/10: Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
- 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)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

A circuit configuration for a self-oscillating blocking-oscillator switched-mode power supply includes a transformer having a primary winding. A bridge rectifier has an output terminal. A semiconductor switch element is used for clocked application of an alternating voltage rectified by the bridge rectifier and unsmoothed to the primary winding. A control device has input terminals. The control device triggers the semiconductor switch element according to at least one primary current signal to be applied to one of the input terminals of the control device. A one-way rectifier configuration has an input side connected to the output terminal of the bridge rectifier and an output side connected through an RC element to the one input terminal of the control device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A circuit configuration for a self-oscillating blocking oscillator switched-mode power supply for drawing sinusoidal current from a power source, comprising a transformer having a primary winding, a bridge rectifier having an output terminal for providing a positive voltage, a semiconductor switch element for clocked application of an alternating voltage rectified by said bridge rectifier and unsmoothed to said primary winding, a control device having input terminals, an RC element providing a primary current signal, a voltage divider coupled in parallel to said RC element and providing a undervoltage detection signal for said alternating voltage, and a one-way rectifier configuration having an input side and an output side, said primary current signal being applied to one of said input terminals of said control device, said undervoltage detection signal being applied to another one of said input terminals of said control device, said control device triggering in pulse-width modulation mode said semiconductor switch element according to the primary current signal, said input side of said one-way rectifier being connected to said output terminal of said bridge rectifier, said RC element and said voltage divider being connected to said output side of said one-way rectifier.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The circuit configuration according to claim 1, wherein said one-way rectifier configuration has a diode with an anode terminal to be supplied with the unsmoothed alternating voltage and a cathode terminal connected to said RC element, and a capacitor connected between the cathode terminal and a reference potential.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The circuit configuration according to claim 1, wherein said bridge rectifier has a reference potential terminal, and including a capacitor having a capacitance of less than approximately 10.sup.-6 F being connected parallel to the output terminal and the reference potential terminal of said bridge rectifier.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The circuit configuration according to claim 1, wherein said bridge rectifier has two input terminals, and including a current-compensated choke having a parallel-connected capacitor connecting the two input terminals of said bridge rectifier to terminals for an alternating voltage on a utility line.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The circuit configuration according to claim 4, including an interference suppression choke with a parallel-connected capacitor being connected between the input terminals of said bridge rectifier and the terminals for the alternating voltage on the utility line.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The circuit configuration according to claim 1, wherein said bridge rectifier has two input terminals, and including an interference suppression choke with a parallel-connected capacitor connecting the input terminals of said bridge rectifier to terminals for an alternating voltage on a utility line.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The circuit configuration according to claim 1, including a voltage divider connecting the output side of said one-way rectifier configuration to another of the input terminals of said control device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The circuit configuration according to claim 1, including at least one further RC element connecting the input side of said one-way rectifier configuration to another of the input terminals of said control device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The circuit configuration according to claim 2, including a fuse connected between the output terminal of said bridge rectifier and the anode terminal of said diode.