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Power supply circuit

Assignee: Trio KK
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Filing: 1984-10-22
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Granted: 1987-05-26
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Expires: 2004-10-22
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Abstract

Abstract A power supply circuit having rectifiers and selectable first to n-th power supply voltage terminals for supplying various levels of output voltages. Between respective terminals and an earth, first smoothing capacitors (e.g. C 1 -C 4 ) are connected. Between i-th terminal and (i-1)-th terminal (wherein, 2≦i≦n), second smoothing capacitors (e.g. C 5 , C 6 , C n , C n-1 ) are connected. When i-th terminal is selected, not only capacitance of the first smoothing capacitor connected between the i-th terminal and the earth, but also capacitance of the first capacitor connected between the (i-1)-th terminal and the earth and the second capacitor connected between the i-th and (i-1)-th terminals are utilized for smoothing operation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Eijiro Tamura

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 00:39
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03F; H03F1/00; H03F1/02; H03F1/0205; H03F1/0211; H03F1/0244; H03F3/00; H03F3/20; H03F3/21; H03F3/217; H03F3/2178

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 133 words
A power supply circuit comprising a transformer having a primary winding to which a signal is applied and a secondary winding having at least n taps; at least n refectifiers respectively connected to said n taps for respectively supplying n different levels of output voltage at n different output voltage terminals; switching means for selecting one of said n different levels of output voltage as the output voltage of the power supply circuit; n smoothing capacitors respectively connected between the first to n-th output voltage terminals and a reference voltage terminal; and n-1 further smoothing capacitors respectively connected between the i-th output voltage terminal and the (i-1)-th output voltage terminal where 2≦i≦n where both said n smoothing capacitors and said n-1 further smoothing capacitors smooth the output voltages supplied from said n taps.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 133 words
A power supply circuit comprising a transformer having a primary winding to which a signal is applied and a secondary winding having at least n taps; at least n refectifiers respectively connected to said n taps for respectively supplying n different levels of output voltage at n different output voltage terminals; switching means for selecting one of said n different levels of output voltage as the output voltage of the power supply circuit; n smoothing capacitors respectively connected between the first to n-th output voltage terminals and a reference voltage terminal; and n-1 further smoothing capacitors respectively connected between the i-th output voltage terminal and the (i-1)-th output voltage terminal where 2≦i≦n where both said n smoothing capacitors and said n-1 further smoothing capacitors smooth the output voltages supplied from said n taps.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A power supply circuit according to claim 1, wherein said n output voltage terminals are respectively connected to n collector terminals of n/2 pairs of complementary type transistors of a transformerless output type amplifier.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4445095A Cited

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