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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Hyung-won Hong, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Jee-hoon Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Hyung-won Hong, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Jee-hoon Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02H 7/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a transformer, a main switch to adjust power supplied to a primary coil of the transformer, a passive clamp circuit to suppress a voltage stress of the main switch, and a control circuit to disable a clamping operation of the passive clamp circuit in a standby mode of the switching mode power supply apparatus. Power is not consumed in the passive clamp circuit in a standby mode so that power consumed in the standby mode can be remarkably reduced.