International Business Machines Corporation

Manfred Waechter

Elie M Najm

Carleton D Driscoll

A non-interfering power supply includes a free-running blocking oscillator power supply subsystem and a circuit arrangement that synchronizes the blocking oscillator power supply subsystem to operate at the horizontal operating frequency of a display subsystem. Synchronizing signals representative of the horizontal operating frequency of the display subsystem are generated and are used to activate the circuit arrangement that causes the blocking oscillator to change its mode of operation from free-running to a fully reset fixed frequency flyback converter. When activated, a switch in the circuit arrangement extends the off-time of a switching transistor in the blocking oscillator power supply control circuit. As a result, the oscillator is forced to run at an operating frequency lower than its free-running frequency.

Synchronization circuit for a blocking oscillator

A protective circuit arrangement is provided for shutting down a power supply at the occurrence of a fault condition. The circuit arrangement allows current limiting in a switching transistor during a power on and/or power off cycle, but shuts down the power supply if current limiting occurs at any other time.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Manfred Waechter