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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Tokushi Yamauchi, Woburn, MA (US);
Tsutomu Shiomi, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works R&D Laboratory, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electric power source device includes a power converting circuit and a load circuit (LD) for receiving an output from the power converting circuit. The power converting circuit includes a rectifier element (DB) for rectifying an input from an alternating current source (AC), a smoothing capacitor (Ce) for smoothing an output from the rectifier element (DB) with a direct current, and switching elements (Q1, Q2) for generating high frequency voltage and current in response to receipt of a voltage of the smoothing capacitor (Ce). The power converting circuit makes use of a current source type charge pump (CSCP) for capturing an input current from the alternating current source (AC) by the use of one of high frequency current loops generated in the circuit as a result of switching on and off of the switching elements (Q1, Q2), and a voltage source type charge pump (VSCP) for capturing the input current from the alternating current source (AC) by the use of one of high frequency voltage nodes generated in the circuit as a result of the switching on and off of the switching elements (Q1, Q2).