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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Naoto Sano, Otsu, JP;
Shingo Kunii, Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A multi-output DC-DC converter includes a step-down DC-DC converter circuit which includes a switching device for switching an input DC voltage to convert it to a pulse voltage, a choke coil and a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the pulse voltage to obtain a first output lower than the input DC voltage, and a flywheel rectifying device for causing a current to flow through the choke coil when the switching device is off; and a rectifying circuit for processing and rectifying the pulse voltage in the DC-DC converter circuit to obtain a second output. Since the flywheel rectifying device is a bi-directional synchronous rectifying device which is turned on when the switching device is off, even when the load current of the first output decreases, the amplitude of the source voltage of the switching device is not reduced. Therefore, the second output obtained from the rectifying circuit always maintains a normal value.