# US 6,295,211 B1 · Switching power supply unit having delay circuit for reducing switching frequency > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,295,211 B1 - Document ID: US6295211B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 09/481,490 - Filed: 2000-01-11 - Granted: 2001-09-25 - Earliest claimed: 1999-01-18 - Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Akio Nishida; Ryota Tani; Koji Nakahira - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6295211B1 ## CPC - H02M 3/3385: {with automatic control of output voltage or current (H02M3/33561 takes precedence)} - 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 unit includes a DC power supply, a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and a feedback winding, a main switching element connected in series to the primary winding, and a control circuit connected between the feedback winding and the control terminal of the main switching element, so that a DC output can be obtained. In this switching power supply unit, there are provided a voltage generating unit disposed on the primary side of the transformer to output a voltage according to a load power, and a delay circuit for reducing the switching frequency by delaying the turn-on of the main switching element according to a voltage output from the voltage generating unit thereby to prolong the OFF time of the main switching element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A switching power supply unit comprising a DC power supply, a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and a feedback winding, a main switching element connected in series to the primary winding, and a control circuit connected between the feedback winding and the control terminal of the main switching element so that a DC output can be obtained, the main switching element having an ON time, an OFF time and a switching frequency; wherein there are provided a voltage generating circuit coupled to the transformer to output a voltage in accordance with a load power and a delay circuit for reducing the switching frequency by delaying turning on of the main switching element according to a voltage output from the voltage generating circuit thereby prolonging the OFF time and further wherein the voltage generating circuit comprises a rectifying and smoothing circuit connected to the feedback winding. ### Claim 2 A switching power supply unit comprising a DC power supply, a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and a feedback winding, a main switching element connected in series to the primary winding, and a control circuit connected between the feedback winding and the control terminal of the main switching element so that a DC output can be obtained, the main switching element having an ON time, an OFF time and a switching frequency; wherein there are provided a voltage generating circuit coupled to the transformer to output a voltage in accordance with a load power and a delay circuit for reducing the switching frequency by delaying turning on of the main switching element according to a voltage output from the voltage generating circuit thereby prolonging the OFF time, and further wherein an auxiliary feedback winding connected between the control circuit and the control terminal of the main switching element is disposed in the transformer, and the voltage generating circuit comprises a rectifying and smoothing circuit connected to the auxiliary feedback winding. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The switching power supply unit of claim 1, wherein the delay circuit comprises a switching device disposed between the feedback winding and the control terminal of the main switching element and further comprising a time-constant circuit connected to the switching device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The switching power supply unit of claim 2, wherein the switching device is disposed between the feedback winding and the control terminal of the main switching element and further comprising a time-constant circuit connected to the switching device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The switching power supply unit of claim 3, wherein the time-constant circuit comprises a capacitor and a resistor connected to a control terminal of the switching device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The switching power supply unit of claim 4, wherein the time-constant circuit comprises a capacitor and a resistor connected to a control terminal of the switching device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The switching power supply unit of claim 5, wherein a Zener diode is connected in series to the resistor of the time-constant circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The switching power supply unit of claim 6, wherein a Zener diode is connected in series to the resistor of the time-constant circuit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The switching power supply unit of claim 5, further comprising a resistor connected in series with a Zener diode, the resistor and zener diode being connected in parallel to the resistor of the time constant circuit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The switching power supply unit of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary feedback winding has a greater number of turns than the feedback winding thereby to increase an output voltage of the auxiliary feedback winding to increase the voltage of the voltage generating circuit. ### Claim 11 A switching power supply unit comprising a DC power supply, a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and a feedback winding, a main switching element connected in series to the primary winding, and a control circuit connected between the feedback winding and the control terminal of the main switching element so that a DC output can be obtained, the main switching element having an ON time, an OFF time and a switching frequency; wherein there are provided a voltage generating circuit coupled to the transformer to output a voltage in accordance with a load power and a delay circuit for reducing the switching frequency by delaying turning on of the main switching element according to a voltage output from the voltage generating circuit thereby prolonging the OFF time, said delay circuit including a switching device coupled between the transformer and the control terminal of the main switching element to couple a control voltage through said control circuit from the feedback winding to the control terminal of the main switching element.