Power source circuit

Claim 2

A power source circuit comprising: a full-wave rectifier, receiving an output voltage from an AC power source and performing full-wave rectification; a series circuit connected to output terminals of said full-wave rectifier comprising: a smoothing capacitor; first and second inductors; and first and second diodes, said diodes having polarities in forward directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in parallel with said smoothing capacitor, said first and second reverse-conductive switches being connected in series with each other; and second and third capacitors connected between said first and second inductors and said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier, forming a circuit for supplying stored energies of said inductors to said smoothing circuit in accordance with an alternate ON/OFF operation of said first and second reverse-conductive switches.

Claim 3

The circuit according to claim 1, further comprising an inrush current preventing circuit means connected to one of said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier and including a thyristor having an anode, a cathode, and a gate, a resistor connected in parallel with said thyristor between said anode and said cathode, and a gate control unit connected between said gate and said cathode of said thyristor.

Claim 4

A power source circuit comprising: a full-wave rectifier, receiving an output voltage from an AC power source and performing full-wave rectification; a series circuit connected to output terminals of said full-wave rectifier comprising: a smoothing capacitor; first and second inductors; and first and second diodes, said diodes having polarities in forward directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in parallel with said smoothing capacitor, said first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in series with each other, said first and second reverse-conductive switches comprising: first and second series-connected field-effect transistors; and third and fourth diodes, said diodes connected in parallel with said first and second field-effect transistors in reverse-blocking directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; second and third capacitors connected between said first and second inductors and said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier, forming a circuit for supplying stored energies of said inductors to said smoothing circuit in accordance with an alternate ON/OFF operation of said first and second reverse-conductive switches; and first and second control circuits, controlling high-frequency ON/OFF operations of said first and second field-effect transistors, respectively.

Claim 5

A power source circuit comprising: a full-wave rectifier, receiving an output voltage from an AC power source and performing full-wave rectification; a series circuit connected to output terminals of said full-wave rectifier comprising: a smoothing capacitor; first and second inductors; and first and second diodes, said diodes having polarities in forward directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in parallel with said smoothing capacitor, said first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in series with each other, said first and second reverse-conductive switches comprising: first and second series-connected field-effect transistors; and third and fourth diodes, said diodes connected in parallel with said first and second field-effect transistors in reverse-blocking directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; second and third capacitors connected between said first and second inductors and said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier, forming a circuit for supplying stored energies of said inductors to said smoothing circuit in accordance with an alternate ON/OFF operation of said first and second reverse-conductive switches; and first and second control circuits, controlling high-frequency ON/OFF operations of said first and second field-effect transistors, respectively.

Claim 6

A power source circuit comprising: a full-wave rectifier, receiving an output voltage from an AC power source and performing full-wave rectification; a series circuit connected to output terminals of said full-wave rectifier comprising: a smoothing capacitor; first and second inductors; and first and second diodes, said diodes having polarities in forward directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in parallel with said smoothing capacitor and connected in parallel with series-connected voltage-dividing capacitors, said voltage-dividing capacitors being between said reverse conductive switches and said smoothing capacitor, said first and second reverse-conductive switches being connected in series with each other; and second and third capacitors connected between said first and second inductors and said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier, forming a circuit for supplying stored energies of said inductors to said smoothing circuit in accordance with an alternate ON/OFF operation of said first and second reverse-conductive switches; and wherein a DC voltage of said smoothing capacitor is set to be higher than an AC voltage of a load connected between a node between said first and second reverse-conductive switches and a node between said voltage-dividing capacitors, values of said first and second inductors being determined to set a current discontinuous mode in which a stored energy is completely discharged from a load capacitance of said load during ON times of said first and second reverse-conductive switches.

Claim 7

A power source circuit comprising: a full-wave rectifier, receiving an output voltage from an AC power source and performing full-wave rectification; a series circuit connected to output terminals of said full-wave rectifier comprising: a smoothing capacitor; first and second inductors; and first and second diodes, said diodes having polarities in forward directions with respect to said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier; first and second reverse-conductive switches connected in parallel with said smoothing capacitor and connected in parallel with series-connected voltage-dividing capacitors, said voltage-dividing capacitors being between said reverse conductive switches and said smoothing capacitor, said first and second reverse-conductive switches being connected in series with each other; and second and third capacitors connected between said first and second inductors and said output terminals of said full-wave rectifier, forming a circuit for supplying stored energies of said inductors to said smoothing circuit in accordance with an alternate ON/OFF operation of said first and second reverse-conductive switches; and wherein a DC voltage of said smoothing capacitor is set to be higher than an AC voltage of a load connected between a node between said first and second reverse-conductive switches and a node between said voltage-dividing capacitors, values of said first and second inductors being determined to set a current discontinuous mode in which a stored energy is completely discharged from a load capacitance of said load during ON times of said first and second reverse-conductive switches.