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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The power supply apparatus having two switching elements connected to a primary winding of a transformer includes an adjustment unit for adjusting a voltage and supplying the voltage to a control unit. This voltage results from application of a voltage induced in an auxiliary winding while current is flowing in a predetermined direction with respect to the auxiliary winding as a result of the first switching element turned on and the second switching element turned off, and a voltage induced in the auxiliary winding while current is flowing in the direction opposite to the predetermined direction with respect to the auxiliary winding as a result of the first switching element turned off and the second switching element turned on.