JP2016027778A - Switching power supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a switching power supply device capable of stably operating even when instantaneous interruption or the like occurs and also suppressing damage due to an inrush current.SOLUTION: A switching power supply device includes: a switching power supply section PS having a transistor Q1 which is connected to a coil TL1 at a primary side of a transformer T and switches current flowing through the coil TL1, a capacitor C2 which is a smoothing capacitor connected to the coil TL1 and the transistor Q1 in parallel, a triac TAC which is turned on based upon switching of the transistor Q1, and a resistor R2 connected to the triac TAC in parallel; and a switching control section SC which detects a voltage applied to the switching power supply section PS and outputs a signal to stop switching of the transistor Q1 after a predetermined time t1 shorter than a discharge time of the capacitor C2 from when no voltage is detected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a switching power supply device, which is suitable for suppressing damage due to inrush current while stably operating even when a momentary interruption or the like occurs.

  A switching power supply device is used as a power source for home appliances and manufacturing equipment. There is an insulating type using a transformer as a switching power supply, and there is a type using a smoothing capacitor in a circuit on the primary side. Some switching power supply devices include a parallel circuit in which a triac and a resistor are connected in parallel on a path from an input terminal to a primary coil. This parallel circuit is for preventing an inrush current from flowing because the current flows through the resistor without flowing through the triac when the power is turned on. That is, since the triac is turned off immediately after the operation of the switching power supply device is started, the inrush current flows to the primary-side smoothing capacitor through the resistance of the parallel circuit, and the current value is reduced by this resistance.

  Patent Document 1 listed below describes such a switching power supply device. According to Patent Document 1, it is pointed out that the switching power supply device having the above parallel circuit has the following problems. That is, immediately after the operation switch of the switching power supply is turned off, the control circuit continues to switch the switching element due to the discharge from the smoothing capacitor, and the triac is turned on in response to the switching. For this reason, for example, when the operation switch of the switching power supply is turned off due to a fuse failure or incorrect operation, and the operation switch is turned on immediately thereafter, the inrush current does not flow through the resistor connected in parallel to the triac, To the smoothing capacitor on the primary side. Therefore, when the operation switch is turned off / on as described above, the current value of the inrush current may not be reduced and the switching power supply device may be damaged.

  Therefore, the switching power supply device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a switch-off detection unit that detects an off operation of the operation switch, and a stop signal that generates a stop signal that stops the switching control circuit immediately when the off-operation is detected by the detection unit. A generating means; and a capacitor forced discharging means for forcibly discharging the primary side smoothing capacitor after the stop signal is generated by the stop signal generating means.

  In this switching power supply device, when the switch-off detection means detects the off operation of the operation switch during operation of the switching power supply device, the stop signal generation means immediately generates a stop signal for stopping the switching control circuit. As a result, the switching control circuit is stopped, so that the supply of the control signal to the switching element is also stopped, and the triac gate element is turned off. After the stop signal is generated, the primary side smoothing capacitor is forcibly discharged. Thereafter, when the operation switch is turned on, the primary side smoothing capacitor is charged via the inrush current limiting resistor, and the switching control circuit is started. As a result, the switching power supply device operates.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 07-163142

  However, the power supply to the switching power supply device is not stopped only when the operation switch is turned off. For example, even when the operation switch is on, power may not be supplied to the switching power supply device for a very short time due to external factors. Also, if the switching power supply device stops operating whenever a commercial power supply interruption occurs, depending on the usage environment, the switching power supply device is repeatedly operated and stopped, and the stable power supply device operation is not performed.

  Therefore, there is a demand for a switching power supply apparatus that can operate stably even when a momentary interruption or the like occurs and can suppress damage due to inrush current.

  A switching power supply device according to the present invention includes a switching element connected to a primary coil of a transformer for switching a current flowing in the coil, and a smoothing of a voltage applied to the coil connected in parallel to the coil and the switching element. Switching having a smoothing capacitor to be performed, an inrush current preventing element that is disposed in a path from the input terminal to the coil and that is turned on based on switching of the switching element, and a resistor that is connected in parallel to the inrush current preventing element The voltage applied to the power supply unit and the switching power supply unit is detected, and the switching element is controlled to switch in the detected state of the voltage, and the discharge time of the smoothing capacitor from when the voltage is not detected. Stop switching of the switching element after a short predetermined time A switching control unit for outputting a signal, and further comprising a.

  According to such a switching power supply device, even if the voltage applied to the switching power supply section is cut off for a time shorter than the predetermined time, the switching element continues switching. Therefore, even if there is a momentary interruption in the power supplied to the switching power supply device, power output can be performed stably. The inrush current preventing element continues to operate while the switching element continues to switch. Accordingly, when power is supplied to the switching power supply device again within the predetermined time after the power supplied to the switching power supply device is cut off, the inrush current flows through the inrush current preventing element. However, the predetermined time is shorter than the discharging time of the smoothing capacitor. Therefore, the inrush current can be suppressed as compared with the case where the inrush current flows in a state after the smoothing capacitor is discharged.

  On the other hand, when the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit is cut for a time longer than the predetermined time, the switching control unit stops switching of the switching element. Therefore, in this case, even if power is supplied to the switching power supply device again and an inrush current flows, the inrush current prevention element is turned off, so that the inrush current flows through the resistance and the current value is reduced.

  That is, while the switching power supply of Patent Document 1 forcibly discharges the smoothing capacitor, the switching power supply of the present invention supplies power again within a predetermined time before the time when the smoothing capacitor is discharged. In this case, the switching power supply unit is operated as it is so that the voltage of the smoothing capacitor is not lowered as much as possible.

  Therefore, it is preferable that the predetermined time is a time during which the switching is stopped within 20 milliseconds after the voltage is not detected. In a general switching power supply device, the discharge time of the primary-side smoothing capacitor that smoothes the voltage to be converted is generally sufficiently longer than 20 milliseconds, although it depends on the output load capacity. Therefore, by setting the predetermined time as the time during which switching is stopped within 20 milliseconds, it is possible to prevent re-entry of current through the inrush current preventing element in a state where the discharge amount of the smoothing capacitor is large.

Alternatively, the predetermined time may be a time during which the switching is stopped before the discharge amount of the smoothing capacitor exceeds 30% of the capacity. If the amount of discharge is less than 30% of the capacity of the smoothing capacitor, the amount of current flowing through the smoothing capacitor is limited even if the inrush current flows when the inrush current prevention element is on. Current value can be suppressed.

The predetermined time is preferably set to 1 msec or longer. In this case, even if an instantaneous interruption or the like of a time shorter than 1 msec occurs, the operation of the switching power supply device can be prevented from being stopped.

  As described above, according to the switching power supply device of the present invention, it is possible to suppress damage due to inrush current while stably operating even when instantaneous interruption or the like occurs.

1 is a circuit diagram showing a switching power supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a timing chart showing the operation of the illumination power supply device of FIG. 1 when the supply of power is cut off for a period longer than a first predetermined time when the power switch SW1 is on. 2 is a timing chart showing the operation of the illumination power supply device of FIG. 1 when the supply of power is cut off for a time shorter than a first predetermined time when the power switch SW1 is on. 2 is a timing chart showing the operation of the illumination power supply device of FIG. 1 when a setting switch is on. 2 is a timing chart showing the operation of the illumination power supply device of FIG. 1 when a setting switch is off. It is a circuit diagram which shows the switching power supply device which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a switching power supply device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, taking an illumination power supply device as an example. Note that in this specification, the term “connection” may mean electrical connection.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the switching power supply device of this embodiment is a lighting power supply device, which converts a power supply switch SW1 for switching on / off the lighting power supply device and a commercial AC voltage into a DC voltage and outputs it. Switching control according to the state of the switching power supply unit PS, the switching control unit SC that controls the switching power supply unit PS, the brightness setting circuit SW2 that switches the brightness of the illuminator LD connected to the illumination power supply device, and the brightness setting circuit SW2 A light control unit DM that outputs a light emission intensity signal to the unit SC.

<Configuration of switching power supply unit PS>
The switching power supply unit PS is a flyback system, and is connected to a commercial power supply via a power switch SW1. A fuse F1 is connected to one input terminal CN1 of each of the input terminals CN1 and CN2 connected to the commercial power source. The input terminals CN1 and CN2 are connected by a capacitor C1 and a resistor R1, respectively. Furthermore, a coil L1 is connected to each of the input terminal CN1 and the input terminal CN2, and the coils L1 are magnetically coupled to each other. A filter is formed by the capacitor C1, the resistor R1, and the pair of coils L1, and spike noise and the like input from the commercial power source are reduced.

  A triac TAC and a resistor R2 are connected in parallel to the input terminal CN1 via a fuse F1. In this embodiment, this triac TAC is used as an inrush current preventing element. The rectifier circuit RC1 has a pair of input terminals and a pair of output terminals, and is a full-wave rectifier circuit such as a bridge diode circuit. A parallel circuit composed of the triac TAC and the resistor R2 is connected to one input terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1. That is, in the triac TAC, one terminal is connected to the input terminal CN1, and the other terminal is connected to the rectifier circuit RC1. The input terminal CN2 is connected to the other input terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1.

  One output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1 is connected to the anode of the diode D1. The cathode of the diode D1 is connected to one end of a coil TL1 on the primary side of the transformer T. The other end of the coil TL1 is connected to the drain of the transistor Q1. In the present embodiment, the transistor Q1 is a MOS field effect transistor. This transistor Q1 serves as a switching element of the switching power supply unit PS. The source of the transistor Q1 is connected to one end of the resistor R4. The other end of the resistor R4 is connected to the other output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1. The diode D1 and the coil TL1 and the resistor R4 and the rectifier circuit RC1 are connected by a capacitor C2. That is, the capacitor C2 is connected in parallel to a series circuit including the coil TL1, the transistor Q1, and the resistor R4. The capacitor C2 is a smoothing capacitor.

  The terminal connected to the rectifier circuit RC1 of the triac TAC and the side connected to the rectifier circuit RC1 of the resistor R2 are connected to one end of the coil TL3 of the transformer T. The coil TL3 has the same polarity as the coil TL1 and is magnetically coupled to the coil TL1. The other end of the coil TL3 is connected to the anode of the diode D2. The cathode of the diode D2 is connected to the gate of the triac TAC via the resistor R3. A capacitor C3 connects between one end of the coil TL3 and the terminal of the triac TAC and between the cathode of the diode D2 and the resistor R3. That is, the capacitor C3 is connected in parallel to a series circuit including the coil TL3 and the diode D2. By connecting the triac TAC and the resistor R2 in this manner, immediately after the power switch SW1 is turned on, a current flows to the rectifier circuit RC1 via the resistor R2, and after the switching power supply unit PS is operated, the triac TAC is operated. Through the rectifier circuit RC1. By doing so, spike noise at the time of power-on is reduced by the resistor R2, and thereafter, unnecessary power consumption is suppressed by passing through the triac TAC.

  The coil TL2 on the secondary side of the transformer T has a polarity opposite to that of the coil TL1, and is magnetically coupled to the coil TL1. One end of the coil TL2 is connected to the anode of a diode D4, and the cathode of the diode D4 is connected to one output terminal CN3 of the switching power supply unit PS. The output terminal CN3 is set to a voltage of + V volts with respect to the ground. The other end of the coil TL2 is connected to one end of the resistor R10, and the other end of the resistor R10 is connected to the other output terminal CN4 of the switching power supply unit PS. The output terminal CN4 is grounded. Furthermore, the cathode of the diode D4 and the other end of the coil TL2 are connected by a capacitor C8. That is, the capacitor C8 is connected in parallel to a series circuit including the coil TL2 and the diode D4. The diode D4 and the capacitor C8 form a rectifier circuit.

  Further, as indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 1, an illuminator LD is connected between the output terminals CN3 and CN4 of the switching power supply unit PS. For example, when the illuminator LD is formed of a light emitting diode as shown in FIG. 1, the anode of the light emitting diode is connected to the output terminal CN3, and the cathode of the light emitting diode is connected to the output terminal CN4.

<Configuration of switching controller SC>
The coil TL4 of the transformer T has the same polarity as the coil TL1, and is magnetically coupled to the coil TL1. One end of the coil TL4 is connected to the anode of the diode D3. The cathode of the diode D3 is connected to the power supply terminal VCC1 of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1. The other end of the coil TL4 is connected to the ground terminal GND1 of the switching pulse generating circuit IC1 that is set to the ground level. The cathode of the diode D3 and the other end of the coil TL4 are connected by a capacitor C7. That is, the capacitor C7 is connected in parallel to a series circuit including the coil TL4 and the diode D3. The diode D3 and the capacitor C7 form a rectifier circuit. Accordingly, a DC voltage is applied to the power supply terminal VCC1 of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1.

  The output terminal OUT1 of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 is connected to the gate of the transistor Q1. The switching pulse generating circuit IC1 is a circuit that outputs a switching pulse from the output terminal OUT1 and performs switching of the transistor Q1. The switching pulse generating circuit IC1 stops the output of the switching pulse under a predetermined condition to be described later, or the switching pulse is at a high level. Or change the pulse width. The input terminal CS of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 is connected to the source of the transistor Q1. The switching pulse generation circuit IC1 detects the current output from the transistor Q1, and controls the predetermined current to flow through the transistor Q1 by changing the pulse width at which the switching pulse is set to the high level as described above. .

The cathode of the diode D3 is connected to one end of the resistor R8, and one end of the resistor R8 is connected to the cathode of the diode D1 of the switching power supply unit PS via the resistor R5. Therefore, the voltage at one end of the resistor R8 is pulled up by the voltage from the diode D1. The other end of the resistor R8 is connected to one end of the resistor R9, and the other end of the resistor R9 is connected to the ground terminal GND1 of the switching pulse generating circuit IC1. Further, the other end of the resistor R8 and one end of the resistor R9 are each connected to the gate of the transistor Q3. In the present embodiment, the transistor Q3 is a MOS field effect transistor. The gate of the transistor Q3 and one end of the resistor R9 are connected to the ground terminal GND1 via the capacitor C5. That is, the capacitor C5 and the resistor R9 are connected in parallel. The drain of the transistor Q3 is connected to the feedback terminal FB of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1, and the source is connected to the ground terminal GND1. When the voltage at the feedback terminal FB decreases, the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 narrows the pulse width at which the switching pulse output from the output terminal OUT1 is set to the high level. Further, the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 stops outputting the switching pulse from the output terminal OUT1 when the voltage of the feedback terminal FB becomes a low level lower than a predetermined voltage level. Therefore, when the transistor Q3 is on, the output of the switching pulse from the output terminal OUT1 is stopped.

  The gate of the transistor Q2 is connected to the output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1 of the switching power supply unit PS via the resistor R6. That is, one end of the resistor R6 is connected to the output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1, and the other end is connected to the gate of the transistor Q2. In the present embodiment, the transistor Q2 is a MOS field effect transistor. Further, the other end of the resistor R6 is connected to one end of the resistor R7, and the other end of the resistor R7 is connected to the ground terminal GND1. The voltage output from the rectifier circuit RC1 can be detected by the resistor R6 connected in this way. Since a voltage is output from the rectifier circuit RC1 when a voltage is applied to the switching power supply unit PS, the resistor R6 detects a voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS. Therefore, the resistor R6 is a voltage detection circuit. The gate of the transistor Q2 and one end of the resistor R7 are connected to the ground terminal GND1 via the capacitor C4. That is, the capacitor C4 and the resistor R7 are connected in parallel. The capacitor C4 connected in this manner discharges from the time when the voltage is no longer applied from the switching power supply unit PS via the resistor R6, that is, when the voltage of the resistor R6 is not detected. A voltage that turns on the transistor Q2 is applied to the gate of the transistor Q2. That is, the capacitor C4 maintains the voltage detection state for the first predetermined time by discharging. Therefore, the capacitor C4 is a voltage detection maintaining circuit. The first predetermined time during which the capacitor C4 maintains the voltage detection state is determined by the time constant of the capacitor C4 and the resistor R7. The drain of the transistor Q2 is connected to the gate of the transistor Q3. Since the gate of the transistor Q3 is connected to the other end of the resistor R8 as described above, the drain of the transistor Q2 is also connected to the other end of the resistor R8. The source of the transistor Q2 is connected to the ground terminal GND1. With such a configuration, on / off of the transistor Q3 is controlled by on / off of the transistor Q2. That is, the transistors Q2 and Q3 are switching pulse stop switches that cause the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 to stop the output of the switching pulse, and the transistor Q1 has a first predetermined value from when the resistor R6 detects no voltage as described above. Switching is stopped after a second predetermined time after the time. The time from the first predetermined time to the second predetermined time is normally about 1 msec.

  The feedback terminal FB of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 is connected to the collector of the phototransistor PHC1T of the first photocoupler in addition to the drain of the transistor Q3. The phototransistor PHC1T is optically coupled to a light emitting diode PHC1D of a first photocoupler of the light control unit DM described later, and current flows between the collector and emitter of the phototransistor PHC1T due to light emission of the light emitting diode PHC1D. The emitter of the phototransistor PHC1T is connected to the ground terminal GND1. Therefore, when the phototransistor PHC1T is turned on only for a short time, the voltage of the feedback terminal FB of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 decreases. Then, the pulse width of the high level of the switching pulse output from the output terminal OUT1 of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 becomes narrow.

  A capacitor C6 is connected in parallel with the phototransistor PHC1T between the feedback terminal FB and the ground terminal GND1. The capacitor C6 is a noise absorbing capacitor.

<Configuration of light control unit DM>
A light / dark setting circuit SW2 for setting the light emission intensity of the illuminator LD is connected to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 of the switching power supply unit PS. In the present embodiment, the light / dark setting circuit SW2 includes a switch, and the illuminator LD emits light with the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 turned off, and the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned on. The illuminator LD emits light darkly.

  The light control unit DM includes a primary side and a secondary side that are insulated by a second photocoupler. First, the configuration on the primary side will be described. The input terminals CN5 and CN6 of the dimming unit DM are connected to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 of the switching power supply unit PS via the brightness setting circuit SW2. When the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is OFF, no AC voltage is applied from the commercial power source to the dimmer DM, and this state is a state in which the setting signal is not input. On the other hand, when the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned on, an AC voltage is applied from the commercial power source to the dimming unit DM, and in this state, the setting signal is input. That is, in the present embodiment, the setting signal is generated by branching a part of the commercial voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS.

  A fuse F2 is connected to one input terminal CN5 of each of the input terminals CN5 and CN6. The rectifier circuit RC2 has a pair of input terminals and a pair of output terminals similarly to the rectifier circuit RC1, and is a full-wave rectifier circuit such as a bridge diode circuit. The input terminal CN5 is connected to one input terminal of the rectifier circuit RC2 via the fuse F2. The input terminal CN6 is connected to the other input terminal of the rectifier circuit RC2. One output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC2 is connected to one end of the resistor R14, and the other end of the resistor R14 is connected to the anode of the light emitting diode PHC2D of the second photocoupler. The cathode of the light emitting diode PHC2D is connected to the other output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC2.

  Next, the secondary side will be described. The coil TL5 of the transformer T has the same polarity as the coil TL1, and is magnetically coupled to the coil TL1. One end of the coil TL5 is connected to the anode of the diode D5. The cathode of the diode D5 is connected to the power supply terminal VCC2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2. The other end of the coil TL5 is connected to the ground terminal GND2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 that is grounded. The cathode of the diode D5 and the other end of the coil TL5 are connected by a capacitor C9. That is, the capacitor C9 is connected in parallel to a series circuit composed of the coil TL5 and the diode D5. The diode D5 and the capacitor C9 form a rectifier circuit. Therefore, a DC voltage is input to the power supply terminal VCC2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2.

  The light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 uses a phototransistor PHC1T of the first photocoupler under a predetermined condition to narrow a pulse width at which a switching pulse output from the output terminal OUT1 of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 is set to a high level. To do. For example, when a current larger than the setting flows through the illuminator LD, a voltage that turns on the phototransistor PHC1T for a predetermined period is output.

  The input terminal IN1 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 is connected to one end of the resistor R12, and the other end of the resistor R12 is connected to the output terminal CN3 of the switching power supply unit PS. One end of the input terminal IN1 and the resistor R12 is connected to one end of the resistor R13, and the other end of the resistor R13 is connected to the ground terminal GND2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2. Therefore, the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 can detect the output voltage of the switching power supply unit PS by detecting the divided voltage of the resistor R12 and the resistor R13 from the input terminal IN1.

  The input terminal IN2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 is connected to the output terminal CN4 of the switching power supply unit PS. Further, the ground terminal GND2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 is connected between the other end of the coil TL2 of the switching power supply unit PS and one end of the resistor R10. The light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 can detect the current flowing through the resistor R10 by detecting the voltage at the resistor R10 from the voltage applied to the input terminal IN2 and the voltage at the ground terminal GND2. By detecting this current, the current flowing through the illuminator LD can be detected.

  The cathode of the diode D5 is connected to one end of the resistor R11, and the other end of the resistor R11 is connected to the anode of the light emitting diode PHC1D of the first photocoupler. The cathode of the light emitting diode PHC1D of the first photocoupler is connected to the output terminal OUT2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2. Therefore, when the voltage at the output terminal OUT2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 is at a high level, the light emitting diode PHC1D of the first photocoupler does not emit light, and when the signal voltage at the output terminal OUT2 is at a low level, The light-emitting diode PHC1D of one photocoupler emits light. When the voltage applied to the input terminal IN1 or the voltage applied to the input terminal IN2 exceeds a predetermined reference voltage, the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 sets the voltage at the output terminal OUT2 to a low level. Then, the light emitting diode PHC1D of the first photocoupler emits light. As described above, the light emission of the light emitting diode PHC1D turns on the phototransistor PHC1T, and the high-level pulse width of the switching pulse output from the output terminal OUT1 of the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 is narrowed. Therefore, when the voltage applied to the input terminal IN1 or the voltage applied to the input terminal IN2 exceeds a predetermined voltage value, the voltage output from the output terminals CN3 and CN4 is reduced to an appropriate voltage.

  The cathode of the diode D5 is connected to the power supply terminal VDD of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3. Accordingly, a direct current voltage is applied to the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 in the same manner as the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2. In addition, one end of the resistor R18 is further connected to the cathode of the diode D5 connected to the power supply terminal VDD of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 in this way, and the collector of the transistor Q4 is connected to the other end of the resistor R18. . The emitter of the transistor Q4 is connected to the ground terminal VSS of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 that is grounded. The other end of the resistor R18 and the collector of the transistor Q4 are connected to the input terminal DIMIN of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3. Therefore, if the transistor Q4 is on, the voltage level of the input terminal DIMIN is set to the low level, and if the transistor Q4 is off, the voltage applied to the collector of the transistor Q4 via the resistor R18 is applied to the voltage of the input terminal DIMIN. The level is a high level. The output terminal DIMOUT of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 is connected to the input terminal IN3 of the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2. The light emission intensity control circuit IC3 outputs a signal having a low level voltage from the output terminal DIMIN when the voltage level of the input terminal DIMIN is Low, and outputs a voltage from the output terminal DIMIN when the voltage level of the input terminal DIMIN is High. Outputs a high level signal.

  The light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 reduces the setting of the reference voltage when the voltage applied to the input terminal IN3 is at a low level. This reference voltage is a voltage to be compared with the voltage applied to the input terminal IN1 or the voltage applied to the input terminal IN2 when the voltage applied to the output terminal OUT2 is set to the Low level. Therefore, when the voltage applied to the input terminal IN3 is at a low level, the voltage applied to the input terminal IN1 or the input terminal IN2 is applied more than when the voltage applied to the input terminal IN3 is at a high level. The light emitting diode PHC1D emits light when the applied voltage is low.

  Further, one end of a resistor R15 is further connected to the cathode of the diode D5 connected to the power supply terminal VDD, and the collector of the phototransistor PHC2T of the second photocoupler is connected to the other end of the resistor R15. The phototransistor PHC2T is optically coupled to the primary side light emitting diode PHC2D, and a current flows between the collector and the emitter of the phototransistor PHC2T due to light emission of the light emitting diode PHC2D. As described above, in the present embodiment, the setting signal includes a voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS, and the light emitting diode PHC2D of the second photocoupler emits light while the setting signal is input. Therefore, the phototransistor PHC2T that detects the light emission of the light emitting diode PHC2D is a setting signal detection circuit. One end of the resistor R16 is connected to the emitter of the phototransistor PHC2T of the second photocoupler, and the other end of the resistor R16 is connected to the ground terminal VSS of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3. The ground terminal VSS of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 and the ground terminal GND2 of the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2 are connected to each other. The emitter of the phototransistor PHC2T and one end of the resistor R16 are connected to one end of the resistor R17, and the other end of the resistor R17 is connected to the base of the transistor Q4. Therefore, in a state where the light emitting diode PHC2D of the second photocoupler emits light, a base current flows through the transistor Q4, and the transistor Q4 is turned on. Accordingly, as described above, the voltage level of the input terminal DIMIN becomes the Low level.

  The emitter of the phototransistor PHC2T connected to one end of the resistor R17 and one end of the resistor R16 are connected to the ground terminal VSS of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 through the capacitor C10. That is, the capacitor C10 and the resistor R16 are connected in parallel. The capacitor C10 connected in this manner discharges when no voltage is applied from the phototransistor PHC2T, that is, when the phototransistor PHC2T does not detect the setting signal, and the transistor C10 is connected to the base of the transistor Q4 for a certain time. A voltage is applied to turn on Q4. That is, the capacitor C10 maintains a state in which the setting signal is detected only for the specific time by discharging. Therefore, the capacitor C10 is a setting signal maintaining circuit. Note that the specific time for which the capacitor C10 maintains the detection state of the setting signal is determined by the time constants of the capacitor C10 and the resistor R16. The specific time during which the capacitor C10 maintains the detection state of the setting signal is set longer than the first predetermined time during which the capacitor C4 maintains the voltage detection state in the switching controller SC, and is longer than the second predetermined time. It is preferable to set it long. That is, the setting signal maintaining circuit including the capacitor C10 has a second predetermined time during which the transistor Q1 stops switching when the timing at which the voltage is not applied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 and the timing at which the setting signal is not input are the same. The setting signal detection state is maintained until after elapse.

  Further, as described above, the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 has the voltage applied to the input terminal IN3 being high level when the voltage applied from the output terminal DIMOUT of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 to the input terminal IN3 is low level. The light-emitting diode PHC1D emits light even when the voltage applied to the input terminal IN1 or the voltage applied to the input terminal IN2 is lower than in the case of. Accordingly, the phototransistor PHC2T detects the input of the setting signal, and the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 sets the voltage applied from the output terminal DIMOUT to the input terminal IN3 to the low level, so that the output of the switching pulse from the output terminal OUT1 is generated. The period of suspension will be longer. In this way, the appropriate voltage value output from the output terminals CN3 and CN4 can be reduced. That is, the voltage output from the output terminal DIMOUT of the emission intensity control circuit IC3 can be understood as the emission intensity instruction signal, and the emission intensity control circuit IC3 controls the emission intensity by using the control of the emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2. doing. In this embodiment, the switching control unit SC controls the switching of the transistor Q1 based on the optical signal from the light emitting diode PHC2D of the first photocoupler. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the optical signal output from the light emitting diode PHC2D is the emission intensity signal output from the dimmer DM. This emission intensity signal is generated based on the setting signal or the like as described above. The dimming unit DM outputs a light emission intensity signal immediately before the setting signal is not input until the second predetermined time has elapsed since the capacitor C10 maintains the detection state of the setting signal until the second predetermined time has elapsed. To do.

<Operation of power supply device for lighting when power supply is temporarily cut off>
Next, the operation of the illumination power supply apparatus when the supply of power is temporarily interrupted will be described. In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the voltage of each part described is shown. However, in this description, the scale of the time axis may be different in each part for easy understanding.

  First, the operation of the illumination power supply device of FIG. 1 when the supply of power is cut off for a period longer than the first predetermined time while the power switch SW1 is on will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the power switch SW1 is on, a voltage from a commercial power source is applied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2. In this state, the output voltage is output from the rectifier circuit RC1 as a full-wave rectified waveform. Then, the voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor C2 is applied to the coil TL1. When the transistor Q1, which is a switching element, is on, a current flows through the coil TL1 and the resistor R4. At this time, electric power is stored in the transformer T. Then, in a state where the transistor Q1 is turned off and no current flows through the coil TL1 and the resistor R4, the stored power is discharged from the coil TL2 using the counter electromotive force of the insulating transformer. Then, a DC voltage is output from the output terminals CN3 and CN4 through a rectifier circuit including the diode D4 and the capacitor C8. As described above, the transistor Q1 continues to be switched, so that a voltage is output from the output terminals CN3 and CN4. When voltage is output from CN3 and CN4, the illuminator LD is turned on. When the illuminator LD is a light emitting diode, a constant current operation is performed.

  Immediately after the power switch SW1 is turned on as described above, a current flows to the rectifier circuit RC1 via the resistor R2, and the capacitor C2, which is a smoothing capacitor, is charged to operate the switching power supply unit PS. Then, after the switching power supply unit PS operates, a current flows through the rectifier circuit RC1 via the triac TAC. By operating in this way, it is possible to suppress the current value of the inrush current that is likely to occur immediately after the power switch is turned on. And in the state which switching power supply part PS is operate | moving, it is easy to let an electric current flow by flowing an electric current through triac TAC.

  In the state where the voltage is output from the rectifier circuit RC1, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q2 is set to the high level, and the transistor Q2 is turned on. Note that the output voltage from the rectifier circuit RC1 may instantaneously become zero. In this case, the capacitor C4 keeps the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q2 at a predetermined level or higher, and the transistor Q2 remains on. To do.

  When the transistor Q2 is turned on, the current flowing through the resistors R5 and R8 flows to the ground via the transistor Q2, so that the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q3 is set to the low level, and the transistor Q3 is turned off. . Therefore, the voltage at the feedback terminal FB of the switching pulse generation circuit is set to the high level. Therefore, during this time, the switching pulse input to the gate of the transistor Q1 continues to be output from the output terminal OUT1 of the switching pulse control circuit.

  As described above, when the voltage applied to the input terminals IN1 and IN2 of the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 exceeds a predetermined reference voltage, the light emitting diode PHC1D emits light, and the voltage of the feedback terminal FB decreases. The high-level pulse width of the switching pulse is narrowed. By narrowing the pulse width of the high level of the switching pulse, the voltage output from the output terminals CN3 and CN4 decreases. When the voltage applied to the input terminals IN1 and IN2 becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined reference voltage, the light emission of the light emitting diode PHC1D is stopped, the voltage of the feedback terminal FB is set to the high level, and the switching pulse returns to the original state. . Therefore, although not particularly shown in FIG. 2, the voltage at the feedback terminal FB is not constant even when the transistor Q3 is turned off.

  When the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned on, a setting signal having a voltage similar to the voltage applied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 is input to the input terminals CN5 and CN6 of the dimming unit DM. To do. Then, the light emitting diode PHC2D of the second photocoupler emits light, and the voltage applied to the base of the transistor Q4 is set to the high level. Accordingly, the transistor Q4 is turned on, and the voltage of the input terminal DIMIN of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 is set to the low level. Then, a low level voltage, which is a light emission intensity instruction signal, is applied from the output terminal DIMOUT of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 to the input terminal IN3 of the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2. Therefore, the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 sets the reference voltage to be compared with the voltage applied to the input terminals IN1 and IN2 to be low. Therefore, the voltage at the feedback terminal FB tends to be low. Thus, when the switch of the brightness / darkness setting circuit SW2 is turned on, the illuminator LD emits light darker.

  On the other hand, when the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned off, the voltage that is the setting signal is not input to the input terminals CN5 and CN6 of the dimmer DM. Then, the light emitting diode PHC2D of the second photocoupler does not emit light, and the transistor Q4 is turned off. For this reason, the voltage of the input terminal DIMIN of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 is set to the high level. Then, a high level voltage is applied as a light emission intensity instruction signal from the output terminal DIMOUT of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 to the input terminal IN3 of the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2. Therefore, the light emission intensity stabilizing circuit IC2 sets the reference voltage to be compared with the voltage applied to the input terminals IN1 and IN2 to a high level. Therefore, it is difficult for the light emitting diode PHC2D to emit light, and the voltage of the feedback terminal FB is less likely to be lower than when the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned on. Thus, when the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned off, the illuminator LD emits light brightly.

  Here, at time t0, power supply to the input terminals CN1 and CN is stopped. For example, the power switch SW1 is turned off due to an erroneous operation or the like, or the power supply to the input terminals CN1 and CN is stopped due to an external factor. When the voltage applied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 becomes zero, there is no output from the rectifier circuit RC1. However, when the capacitor C2 is discharged, the switching power supply unit PS does not stop operating immediately.

  Further, since there is no output from the rectifier circuit RC1, the resistor R6 cannot detect the voltage. However, as described above, the capacitor C4, which is a voltage detection maintaining circuit, applies a voltage at which the transistor Q2 is turned on to the gate of the transistor Q2 by the discharge for the first predetermined time in order to maintain the voltage detection state. . Accordingly, due to the discharge from the capacitor C4, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q2 does not immediately become the Low level but gradually decreases. Then, at time t1 after the first predetermined time from time t0, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q2 becomes smaller than the voltage at which the transistor Q2 is kept on, and the transistor Q2 is turned off. When the transistor Q2 is turned off, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q3 increases and the transistor Q3 is turned on. For this reason, the voltage of the feedback terminal FB becomes a Low state, and the switching of the transistor Q1 is stopped at the time t2 after the second predetermined time from the time t0. Thus, transistor Q1 stops switching before capacitor C2 completes discharging.

  Note that the first predetermined time is shorter than the time during which the switching power supply unit PS operates due to the discharge of the capacitor C2. For example, the first predetermined time is a time during which the switching is stopped within 20 milliseconds from when the voltage is not detected. Further, for example, the first predetermined time is a time such that the transistor Q1 stops switching until the discharge amount of the capacitor C2 exceeds 30% of the capacity of the capacitor C2. In these cases, the first predetermined time is, for example, 1 msec or longer.

  When the switching of the transistor Q1 is stopped, the voltage applied to the gate of the triac TAC is lowered and the triac TAC is turned off. Thus, the illuminator LD is turned off.

  Next, power is supplied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 again at t3 after time t2. That is, power is supplied again to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 after the first predetermined time has elapsed from time t0. In this case, the potential of the capacitor C2 has dropped from time t0. Therefore, a current having a high current value can flow through the capacitor C2. However, as shown in FIG. 2, the triac TAC is turned off at this point. Therefore, the current flowing at this time flows to the rectifier circuit RC1 through the resistor R2 in the same manner as immediately after the power switch SW1 is turned on as described above, and the capacitor C2, which is a smoothing capacitor, is charged. . Therefore, even if the potential of the capacitor C2 is low, the current value of the inrush current can be kept low by the resistor R2.

  When power is supplied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q2 rises again and the transistor Q2 is turned on. When the transistor Q2 is turned on, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q3 decreases, and the transistor Q3 is turned off. Then, the voltage at the FB terminal rises and the transistor Q1 starts switching again. Thus, the illumination power supply device operates again.

  Next, the operation of the illumination power supply device of FIG. 1 when the supply of power is cut off for a period shorter than the first predetermined time when the power switch SW1 is on will be described with reference to FIG. In the description of this operation, the description of the same operation as that described with reference to FIG. 2 is omitted unless specifically described.

  Similar to the operation described with reference to FIG. 2, the power supply to the input terminals CN1 and CN is temporarily stopped at time t0. Then, the voltage applied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 becomes zero, and the output from the rectifier circuit RC1 is lost. However, when the capacitor C2 is discharged, the switching power supply unit PS does not stop operating immediately.

  Similarly to the operation described with reference to FIG. 2, the output from the rectifier circuit RC1 is lost, but the capacitor C4 generates a voltage at which the transistor Q2 is turned on at the gate of the transistor Q2 for a first predetermined time due to discharge. Apply. Therefore, the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor Q2 does not immediately go to the low level but gradually decreases. However, in this example, power is again supplied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 at time t4 prior to time t1. In other words, power is supplied again to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 before the first predetermined time elapses from time t0. At time t4, the transistor Q2 is in an on state. Therefore, the switching power supply unit PS does not stop operating. For this reason, the current flows to the capacitor C2 via the triac TAC instead of the resistor R2. However, in this state, the capacitor C2 is not discharged so much, so that current does not flow easily. Therefore, even when an inrush current flows when power is supplied to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 again, the current value can be kept low.

<Operation related to dimming of power supply for lighting when power supply is cut off>
Next, an operation related to light control of the illumination power supply device will be described. 4 and 5 show the voltages of the respective parts described. However, in this description, the scale of the time axis may be different in each part for easy understanding. The same contents as those described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 are not described in detail using the same symbols unless otherwise specified.

  First, an operation in which the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned on and the power switch SW1 is turned from the on state to the off state will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, when the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is on, the illuminator LD emits light darkly.

  Here, at time t0, the power switch SW1 is turned off. In this case, the switching of the transistor Q1 is stopped at time t2 and the illuminator LD is turned off as in the description of the operation of the illumination power supply apparatus when the supply of power is temporarily interrupted.

  By the way, in the setting signal maintaining circuit including the capacitor C10 as described above, the transistor Q1 stops switching when the timing when the voltage is not applied to the input terminals C1 and C2 and the timing when the setting signal is not input are the same. 2 The setting signal detection state is maintained until a predetermined time has elapsed. Accordingly, the capacitor C10 applies a voltage at which the transistor Q4 is turned on to the base of the transistor Q4 until the second predetermined time elapses due to discharging. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the voltage applied to the base of the transistor Q4 gradually decreases from the time t0, but the transistor Q4 is turned off from the time t2, which is the second predetermined time from the time t0. Is later time t5. That is, the light control unit DM outputs the light emission intensity signal immediately before the setting signal is not input until after the second predetermined time has elapsed. When the transistor Q4 is turned off, the voltage at the input terminal DIMIN of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 is set to a high level, and a high level voltage is applied to the input terminal IN3 of the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2. However, since the switching of the transistor Q1 has already stopped, there is no effect on the voltage output from the switching power supply unit PS. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the illuminator LD from changing from a dark emission state to a bright emission state before the illuminator LD is turned off after the power switch SW1 is turned off.

  Next, an operation in which the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned off and the power switch SW1 is turned from the on state to the off state will be described with reference to FIG. In the description of this operation, the description of the same operation as the operation for turning on the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 described with reference to FIG. 4 is omitted unless specifically described. As described above, when the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is OFF, the illuminator LD emits light brightly.

  Here, at time t0, the power switch SW1 is turned off. Then, the illuminator LD is turned off in the same manner as when the power switch SW1 is turned off while the switch of the light / dark setting circuit SW2 is turned on.

  In this operation, as described above, the voltage as the setting signal is not input to the input terminals CN5 and CN6 of the dimming unit DM. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the voltage applied from the output terminal DIMOUT of the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 to the input terminal IN3 of the light emission intensity stabilization circuit IC2 changes before and after the power switch SW1 is turned from the on state to the off state. The high level remains unchanged. Therefore, the illuminator LD emits light brightly until the illuminator LD is turned off after the power switch SW1 is turned off.

  As described above, when the first predetermined time is simply set as the predetermined time, the switching power supply device of the present embodiment is summarized as follows. That is, the switching power supply device of this embodiment includes a transistor Q1 that is a switching element that is connected to the primary coil TL1 of the transformer T and switches a current flowing in the coil TL1, and a coil TL1 that is connected in parallel to the coil TL1 and the transistor Q1. A capacitor C2 that is a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the voltage applied to the capacitor, a triac TAC that is arranged on the path from the input terminals CN1 and CN2 to the coil TL1, and is turned on based on switching of the transistor Q1, and in parallel with the triac TAC A switching power supply unit PS having a resistor R2 connected thereto, a voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS is detected, and control is performed so that the transistor Q1 switches in the voltage detection state, and the voltage is not detected. Discharge of capacitor C2 And a switching controller SC outputs a signal for stopping the switching of the transistor Q1 from a short predetermined time after t1 between.

  According to such a switching power supply device, the transistor Q1 continues switching even when the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS is cut for a time shorter than the predetermined time t1. Therefore, even if there is a momentary interruption in the power supplied to the switching power supply device, power output can be performed stably. The triac TAC continues to operate while the transistor Q1 continues to switch. Therefore, when power is supplied to the switching power supply device again within a predetermined time t1 after the power supplied to the switching power supply device is cut off, the inrush current flows through the triac. However, the predetermined time t1 is shorter than the discharging time of the smoothing capacitor. Therefore, the inrush current can be suppressed as compared with the case where the inrush current flows in a state after the smoothing capacitor is discharged.

  Further, when the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS is cut for a time longer than the predetermined time t1, the switching control unit SC stops the switching of the transistor Q1. Therefore, in this case, even if electric power is supplied to the switching power supply device again and an inrush current flows, the triac TAC is turned off, so that the inrush current flows through the resistor R2 and the current value is reduced.

  Further, in the switching power supply device of the present embodiment, the predetermined time t1 is a time during which the switching stops within 20 milliseconds from when the voltage is not detected. In a general switching power supply device, the discharge time of the smoothing capacitor C2 on the primary side that smoothes the converted voltage is sufficiently longer than 20 milliseconds. Therefore, by making the predetermined time as described above, it is possible to prevent re-entry of current through the triac TAC in a state where the discharge amount of the capacitor C2 is large, that is, in a state where the potential of the capacitor C2 is low. Alternatively, in the switching power supply device of the present embodiment, the predetermined time t1 is a time during which the discharge amount of the capacitor C2 does not exceed 30% of the capacity. If the discharge amount of the capacitor C2 is less than 30% of the capacity of the capacitor C2, even if the inrush current flows with the triac TAC on, the amount of current flowing to the capacitor C2 is limited. The current value can be suppressed. In the switching power supply device of this embodiment, the predetermined time t1 is set to 1 msec or more. By setting the predetermined time in this way, it is possible to prevent the operation of the switching power supply device from being stopped even if an instantaneous interruption of a time shorter than 1 msec occurs. The predetermined time (first predetermined time) is preferably set as described above, but is shorter than the discharge time of the capacitor C2 from when the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS is not detected. If there is, it will not be specifically limited.

  In addition, the switching control unit SC maintains a voltage R detection state for a predetermined time from when the voltage is not detected at the resistor R6 as a voltage detection circuit that detects the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS. And a capacitor C4 as a voltage detection maintaining circuit. The voltage detection state is maintained by discharging the capacitor C4.

  By forming a detection circuit and a maintenance circuit with capacitors and resistors in this way, the time constant is changed to maintain the voltage detection state, and the setting signal immediately before the setting signal input is not detected. The time for maintaining the detection state can be easily set.

  The switching power supply unit PS has a rectifier circuit RC1 that rectifies the commercial power supply, and the resistor R6 that is a voltage detection circuit is configured to detect a voltage output from the rectifier circuit RC1. Thus, the voltage output from the rectifier circuit RC1 may instantaneously become zero potential. However, in the illumination power supply device of the present embodiment, the voltage detection state can be maintained for a predetermined time by the capacitor C4. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the operation from becoming unstable.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated to the example for embodiment, this invention is not limited to these.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the triac TAC is used as the inrush current preventing element that is disposed in the path from the input terminals CN1 and CN2 to the coil TL1 and is turned on based on the switching of the transistor Q1, but is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 6, a MOS field effect transistor FET can be used as an inrush current preventing element. By using the MOS field effect transistor FET, the power supply efficiency can be improved. Normally, a MOS type field effect transistor FET cannot be used because it has a low withstand current surge amount during operation and may be damaged by an inrush current, but can be used by using the circuit of this embodiment.

In addition to the above, as the inrush current preventing element, a switching element such as a bipolar transistor, an insulated gate bipolar transistor, a thyristor, a semiconductor release switch, or a relay can be used.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the parallel circuit which consists of triac TAC which is an inrush current prevention element, and resistance R2 is connected between the fuse F1 and one input terminal of rectifier circuit RC1, it is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. 6, a parallel circuit composed of a MOS field effect transistor FET, which is an inrush current preventing element, and a resistor R2 may be connected between one output terminal of the rectifier circuit RC1 and the anode of the diode D1. . With this configuration, it is possible to stably use an inrush current preventing element that controls on / off in one direction, like the MOS field effect transistor FET used in FIG. .

  In the above embodiment, the TL3 magnetically coupled to the transformer T is used for the operation of the triac TAC. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In FIG. 1, a PFC circuit for improving power supply efficiency is provided between a capacitor C2 connected to a primary side circuit, for example, a rectifier circuit RC1, and TL1 and R4, and is magnetically coupled to an inductor constituting the PFC circuit. An inrush current prevention element such as a triac TAC may be operated using a coil.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the power supply device for illumination was demonstrated to the example as a switching power supply device. However, the present invention can be used for a power supply device for other purposes, and may be used for, for example, a motor drive power supply device.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the switching power supply part PS demonstrated as an example the switching power supply of a flyback system. However, the method of the switching power supply unit PS is not particularly limited. For example, the switching power supply unit PS may be a forward method.

  In the above embodiment, the input terminal CN5 of the dimming unit DM is connected to the input terminal CN1 of the switching power supply unit PS via the brightness setting circuit SW2, and the input terminal CN6 is connected to the input terminal CN2. For this reason, when the power supply of the illumination power supply device is turned off, the voltage application to the switching power supply unit PS and the input of the setting signal to the dimming unit DM are simultaneously cut off. However, the input terminals CN5 and CN6 may not be connected to the input terminals CN1 and CN2, but may be connected to another power source that supplies power as a setting signal. In this case, for example, when the power supply of the illumination power supply is turned off, the voltage application to the input terminals CN1 and CN2 and the supply of the setting signal from the other power supply to the input terminals CN5 and CN6 are cut off at the same time. You may do it. If the other power source is a DC power source, the rectifier circuit RC2 is unnecessary.

  In the above embodiment, the switching pulse stop switch composed of the transistors Q2 and Q3 is used to set the voltage at the feedback terminal FB to the low level to stop the output of the switching pulse from the switching pulse generation circuit IC1. However, in the present invention, another method may be used to stop the switching of the transistor Q1, for example, the switching pulse generation circuit IC1 may stop all operations when the transistor Q2 is turned off.

  In the above embodiment, a MOS field effect transistor is used as the transistor Q1 of the switching element. However, the configuration of the switching element is not particularly limited.

  In the above embodiment, the light emission intensity signal is output from the light emitting diode of the first photocoupler to the switching controller SC. However, the light intensity signal may be output from the dimmer DM to the switching controller SC by other methods. good. For example, the light emission intensity signal may be directly output from the light emission intensity control circuit IC3 to the switching pulse generation circuit.

  In addition, the voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit PS is not limited to the resistor, and may have other configurations, and the voltage detection maintenance circuit for maintaining the voltage detection state is not limited to the capacitor but may have other configurations. It may be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the illumination power supply apparatus includes the dimming unit DM. When the setting signal is not input, the dimming unit DM does not input the setting signal until after the second predetermined time has elapsed. The immediately preceding emission intensity signal was output. However, in the present invention, such an operation of the light control unit DM is not essential, and the light control unit DM may not be provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a switching power supply device capable of suppressing damage due to inrush current while stably operating even when a momentary interruption or the like occurs is provided. Can be used.

PS: Switching power supply unit SC: Switching control unit DM: Dimming unit IC1: Switching pulse generation circuit IC2: Emission intensity stabilization circuit IC3: Emission intensity control circuit LD: Illumination Q1 ... Transistor (switching element)
T ... Trans TAC ... Triac FET ... Field effect transistor

Claims (9)

A switching element connected to a primary coil of the transformer for switching a current flowing in the coil, a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel to the coil and the switching element for smoothing a voltage applied to the coil, and an input terminal A switching power supply unit including an inrush current preventing element disposed in a path from the coil to the coil and turned on based on switching of the switching element; and a resistor connected in parallel to the inrush current preventing element;
The voltage applied to the switching power supply unit is detected, and the switching element is controlled to switch in the detected state of the voltage, and after a predetermined time shorter than the discharge time of the smoothing capacitor from when the voltage is not detected. A switching control unit for outputting a signal for stopping switching of the switching element;
A switching power supply device comprising: 2. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is a time during which the switching is stopped within 20 milliseconds after the voltage is not detected. 2. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is a time during which the switching is stopped before the discharge amount of the smoothing capacitor exceeds 30% of the capacity. 4. The switching power supply device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is 1 msec or more. The switching control unit maintains a voltage detection circuit that detects the voltage applied to the switching power supply unit, and the voltage detection state for a predetermined time after the voltage is not detected in the voltage detection circuit. 5. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a voltage detection maintaining circuit that performs the operation. 6. The switching power supply device according to claim 5, wherein the voltage detection maintaining circuit includes a capacitor, and the detection state of the voltage is maintained by discharging the capacitor. The switching power supply unit has a rectifier circuit for rectifying a commercial power supply,
The switching power supply device according to claim 5, wherein the voltage detection circuit detects a voltage output from the rectifier circuit. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the inrush current preventing element is a triac. The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the inrush current preventing element is a field effect transistor.

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