Capacitor input type smoothing circuit

A capacitor input type smoothing circuit for smoothing a pulsating current generated when converting AC current to DC current, comprising;

• a bridge circuit connected to an AC power supply;
• and
• a power line connected to an output end of the bridge circuit,
• wherein the power line is branched into three lines leading to a pulsating circuit that supplies rectified electric power directly to a load, a capacitor input circuit, and a voltage detection circuit,
• a first branch line is used to supply electric power directly to the load when the capacitor is not discharged,
• a second branch line is used to supply electric power to the capacitor when a supplied pulsating voltage rises so that the capacitor is charged,
• a third branch line is used to divide the supplied pulsating voltage and supply the divided voltage to the voltage detection circuit,
• a backflow prevention element is disposed in the first branch line leading to the load and the second branch line leading to the capacitor, and the voltage detection circuit that determines and detects a voltage range to discharge the capacitor is provided in the remaining third branch line,
• the voltage detection circuit determines a voltage range to discharge the capacitor, and includes a first switch that is turned off by detecting that the pulsating voltage is in the voltage range, a second switch that is connected to the first switch and is turned on when the first switch is turned off, and a third switch that is connected to the second switch and is turned on when the second switch is turned on, and
• a discharge voltage of the capacitor is set so that the pulsating voltage matches an operating base voltage of the first switch.