US 5,689,178 A · Self-oscillation type DC-DC converter having a driving transistor connected in parallel to a circuit element for starting a switching element

Abstract

The present invention provides a self-oscillation type DC-DC converter that can perform self-oscillating operation without disposing a feedback winding in a choke coil and realizes the high efficiency, small size and low cost by using a MOSFET as a switching element. The self-oscillation type DC-DC converter comprises a switching transistor Q12 being a P-MOSFET; a first PNP type driving transistor Q2, the collector and emitter of which are connected to the gate and source of the switching transistor Q12, respectively and the base of which is connected to the switching transistor Q12 through a feedback circuit 3; and a second NPN type driving transistor Q3, the gate of the switching transistor Q12 being connected to the ground through the collector and emitter of the second driving transistor Q3 and the base of the second driving transistor Q3 being connected to the feedback circuit 3 through a capacitor C4.

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Dependent claims

In a non-isolated self-oscillation type DC-DC converter for turning on and off an inputted dc voltage by means of a switching element and supplying a stabilized dc output voltage to a load through a smoothing circuit including a diode, a choke coil and a smoothing capacitor connected to a current output terminal of the switching element, the self-oscillation type DC-DC converter comprising:

wherein said switching element is a MOSFET, a control terminal of said switching element being connected to ground through a starting resistor;
a first driving transistor, a current input terminal of which is connected to a current input terminal of said switching element and a current output terminal of which is connected to a control terminal of said switching element;
a feedback circuit, the feedback circuit being connected between said current output terminal of said switching element and a control terminal of said first driving transistor;
and
a second driving transistor, a main current path of which is connected in parallel to said starting resistor, and a control terminal of which being connected to said feedback circuit through a capacitor element.

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wherein said switching element is a MOSFET, a control terminal of said switching element being connected to ground through a starting diode;
a first driving transistor, a current input terminal of which is connected to a current input terminal of said switching element and a current output terminal of which is connected to a control terminal of said switching element;
a feedback circuit, the feedback circuit being connected between said current output terminal of said switching element and a control terminal of said first driving transistor;
and
a second driving transistor, a current input terminal of which being connected in parallel to said starting diode, and a control terminal of which being connected to said feedback circuit through a capacitor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Self-oscillation type DC-DC converter having a driving transistor connected in parallel to a circuit element for starting a switching element

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Self-oscillation type DC-DC converter having a driving transistor connected in parallel to a circuit element for starting a switching element

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Abstract

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