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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1988
Uwe Hartman, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Michel van den Driesche, Meylan, FR;
Udo Mai, VS-Villingen, DE;
Philippe Maige, Seyssinet-Pariset, FR;
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Villingen, DE;
Abstract
An external-power stage suitable for use with television sets, for example. A transformer is provided with control circuits in both the primary side and the secondary side. Each of the control circuits have pulse-width modulators which provide pulses to an electronic switch. The control circuit on the primary side provides pulses to that switch of varying pulse width and of sufficient magnitude to maintain the television set in a standby mode. The control circuit in the secondary side of the transformer, on the other hand, comes into operation when the television set is turned on and provides pulses to the electronic switch while operating with the control circuit in the primary side for a predetermined period of time. Thereafter, the control circuit in the secondary side takes over the function of providing pulses to the electronic switch while the control circuit on the primary side is switched to an inoperative stage. The control circuit in the primary side is operative only in the standby mode, whereas the control circuit in the secondary side is operative during the normal mode of operation.