# US 9,438,124 B2 · Power supply circuit

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- Number: US 9,438,124 B2
- Document ID: US9438124B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/269,258
- Filed: 2014-05-05
- Published: 2014-11-06
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-05-06
- Assignees: TDK Corporation
- Applicants: TDK Corporation
- Inventors: YueQing Wang; Honglei Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9438124B2

## CPC

- H02M 3/33561: {having more than one ouput with independent control}
- H02M 3/33507: {with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters (H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take 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 power supply circuit includes a plurality of output terminals that output voltages (voltages may have the same or different voltage values among the output terminals), and a transformer that has a plurality of output windings. First and second output windings of the plurality of output windings are coupled to each other. The first and second output windings have the same number of turns. First terminals, which have a first polarity, of the first and second output windings are connected to each other via a capacitor. Further, second terminals, which have a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, of the first and second output windings are electrically connected to each other. The second terminals of the first and second output windings may be directly connected to each other.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power supply circuit, comprising:
a plurality of output terminals that output voltages; and
a transformer that has a plurality of output windings, the plurality of output windings including first and second output windings that are coupled to each other, wherein
first terminals of the first and second output windings are connected to each other via a capacitor, and each of the first terminals has a first polarity,
second terminals of the first and second output windings are electrically connected to each other, and each of the second terminals has a second polarity which is opposite to the first polarity, and
the first and second output windings have the same number of turns between the first and second terminals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
the first output winding has a center tap to make a number of turns of the first output winding between the center tap and one of the first and second terminals of the first output winding be equal to a number of turns of the second output winding between the first and second terminals of the second output winding.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
an additional winding is added to an original number of turns of the first output winding to make a sum of the original number of turns of the first output winding and the additional winding equal to a number of turns of the second output winding.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
the first and second output windings respectively have first and second center taps as the first terminals.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
at least one of the first and second output windings is performed by feedback control.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
the power supply circuit is one of a flyback circuit and a forward circuit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of output windings are output mutual inductances.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 1, wherein
the second terminals are directly connected to each other.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 8, wherein
the first output winding has a center tap to make a number of turns of the first output winding between the center tap and one of the first and second terminals of the first output winding be equal to a number of turns of the second output winding between the first and second terminals of the second output winding.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 8, wherein
an additional winding is added to an original number of turns of the first output winding to make a sum of the original number of turns of the first output winding and the additional winding equal to a number of turns of the second output winding.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 8, wherein
the first and second output windings respectively have first and second center taps as the first terminals.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 8, wherein
at least one of the first and second output windings is performed by feedback control.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 8, wherein
the power supply circuit is one of a flyback circuit and a forward circuit.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 8, wherein
the plurality of output windings are output mutual inductances.

### Claim 15

A power supply circuit, comprising:
a plurality of output terminals that output voltages; and
a transformer that has a plurality of output windings, the output windings including first, second and third output windings that are coupled to each other, wherein
each of the first through third output windings has a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the first terminals has a first polarity, and each of the second terminals has a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, and
the first output winding has first and second center taps, each of the first and second center taps functioning as the first terminal,
the first terminal of the second output winding is connected to the first center tap via a first capacitor so that a number of turns of the second output winding is equal to a number of turns between the second terminal and the first center tap of the first output winding,
the first terminal of the third winding is connected to the second center tap via a second capacitor so that a number of turns of the third output winding is equal to a number of turns between the second terminal and the second center tap of the first output winding, and
the second terminals of the first through third output windings are electrically connected to each other.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 15, wherein
the second terminals of the first through third output windings are directly connected to each other.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The power supply circuit, according to claim 15, wherein
at least one of the first through third output windings is performed by feedback control.
