JP2012196135A - Switching power supply device and image formation device equipped with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a switching power supply device that is hardly broken down, has low power consumption during the standby mode, and can significantly reduce the reset time from the standby mode to the normal mode.SOLUTION: A switching power supply device comprises: a first power supply circuit 6 that has the normal operation mode and the standby mode and drives a first load 10; and a second power supply circuit 7 that does not have the standby mode and drives a second load 11. The first power supply circuit 6 is connected to a commercial power supply via a series circuit composed of a first rectifier circuit 2 and a power-factor improvement circuit 4 connected to a rush-current prevention circuit 3, and the second power supply circuit 7 is connected to the commercial power supply via a second rectifier circuit 70. The switching power supply device further comprises power supply control circuits 8 and 9 that turn on or off an auxiliary power supply VCC obtained by rectifying a current at a primary-side circuit 76-P3 of the second power supply circuit 7. The power supply control circuits 8 and 9 turn off the auxiliary power supply VCC in the standby mode, so that the power-factor improvement circuit 4 and a PWM control circuit 63 of the first power supply circuit 6 stop the operation, thereby stopping the power supply to the first load 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to a switching power supply device used for office automation equipment such as a copying machine and a laser printer, and an image forming apparatus that is an office automation equipment equipped with the switching power supply device.

  Switching power supply, system equipment, electronic equipment and control method thereof, in particular, switching power supply equipped with a plurality of power supply circuits and system equipment and electronic equipment equipped with the same, power saving and high reliability in standby mode And lower prices are desired. Conventionally, in a system device and an electronic device equipped with a switching power supply device, various technologies have been proposed in order to achieve power saving, high reliability, and low price in the above-described standby mode (for example, (See Patent Documents 1 to 3). Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for achieving energy saving in a standby mode using a plurality of power supplies that are on / off controlled by a mechanical relay. Similarly, Patent Document 2 discloses a technology for stabilizing the operation by shortening the start-up time of the power factor correction circuit using a plurality of power supplies that are turned on / off by a mechanical relay. Patent Document 3 discloses a technique that uses a plurality of power supplies, stops the switching operation of the first power supply circuit in the standby mode, and realizes power reduction in the standby mode.

  However, in Patent Document 1, a power supply device is configured by a first power supply circuit having a normal mode and a standby mode and a second power supply circuit not having a standby mode, and power is supplied to the first load in the standby mode. As a means for stopping, a switch is provided to cut off the first power supply circuit and the commercial power supply. However, since the commercial power supply is not connected to the first power supply circuit in the standby mode, the internal capacitor is empty. Therefore, when returning from the standby mode to the normal mode, each part of the first power supply circuit starts charging from the time when the switch is closed and commercial power is supplied, so that the output voltage is stabilized and the entire system can operate stably. A delay time occurs. There is a problem that the waiting time of the user is increased by adding to the time from when the user starts the operation until the end of the target process. Moreover, the switch is generally equipped with a mechanical relay, and there is a problem that many troubles occur due to a problem specific to the mechanical relay. Although it is possible to mount a thyristor and a photocoupler semiconductor relay as a switch, there is a problem that the cost is higher than that of a mechanical relay. Furthermore, it is necessary to configure the first power supply circuit and the auxiliary power supply (VCC) of the PWM control circuit of the power factor correction circuit and its starting circuit independently from each other, increasing the number of components and increasing the cost. there were.

  In Patent Document 2, an auxiliary power supply (second power supply circuit) that supplies power to the power factor correction circuit and the PWM control circuit of the first power supply circuit is provided, but a DC drive relay (switch) is also provided. Since the power supply circuit of 1 is turned on and off by opening and closing the connection of the commercial power supply with the DC drive relay (switch), if an abnormality such as a momentary power interruption or a momentary power failure occurs during operation, The input voltages of the power factor correction circuit and the first power supply circuit are lowered, and the operation is stopped by the overcurrent protection function of the first power supply circuit. However, if an instantaneous interruption or instantaneous interruption is restored while maintaining the output of the auxiliary power supply circuit, the first power supply circuit remains in the operation stop state with the overcurrent protection function, and the first power supply The output is stopped. For this reason, system devices and electronic devices equipped with a power supply stop functioning and become obstacles. Moreover, although it is infrequent, there is a possibility that it may be accompanied by breakage such as inrush current prevention depending on the occurrence and recovery timing of an abnormal state of the commercial power supply.

  Patent Document 3 explains that by having a plurality of power supply circuits and stopping the oscillation of the power factor correction circuit, the first power supply circuit, and the PWM control circuit, there is a certain effect in reducing the power consumption in the standby mode. Has been. However, it has been pointed out that there is a limit to reducing power consumption in the standby mode due to power loss caused by resistors and various components in the power factor correction circuit. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a switching power supply device that is less likely to break down, consumes less power in the standby mode, and significantly shortens the return time from the standby mode to the normal mode, in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and this Is to provide an image forming apparatus.

  In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a first power supply circuit for driving a first load having a normal operation mode and a standby mode, and a second power supply having no standby mode. In a switching power supply device including a second power supply circuit for driving a load, the first power supply circuit is connected via a series circuit including a first rectifier circuit and a power factor correction circuit connected to an inrush current prevention circuit. The second power supply circuit is connected to the commercial power supply via the second rectifier circuit, and the auxiliary power supply obtained by rectifying from the primary side circuit of the second power supply circuit is connected to the commercial power supply. A power control circuit for turning on and off, and in the standby mode, the operation of the power control circuit and the PWM control circuit of the first power circuit is stopped by turning off the auxiliary power by the power control circuit. The first negative And wherein the stopping the supply of power to.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the second power supply circuit includes a switching transformer having at least one output on the secondary side and at least two outputs on the primary side, and the output on the primary side Is supplied to the PWM control circuit of the second power supply circuit, and the other output of the primary side is rectified and passed through the power supply control circuit to The switching power supply device according to claim 1, wherein auxiliary power is supplied to the PWM control circuit of the power supply circuit and the PWM control circuit of the power factor correction circuit.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus including the switching power supply device according to the first or second aspect.

  According to the present invention, since the output capacitor of the power factor correction circuit is connected to the commercial power supply via the power factor correction circuit and the first rectifier circuit, the power capacitor is close to the peak voltage obtained by rectifying the commercial power supply. An auxiliary power supply that is in a charged state and supplies power to the first power supply circuit and the PWM control circuit of the power factor correction circuit is obtained by rectification from the primary side circuit of the second power supply circuit. For this reason, since stable auxiliary power is supplied from the second power supply circuit even in the standby mode, the first power supply circuit and the PWM control circuit of the power factor correction circuit have a short time when shifting from the standby mode to the normal mode. Can perform stable operation. As a result, it is possible to provide a switching power supply device with a short transition time from the standby mode to the normal mode. In the system equipment and electronic equipment equipped with the switching power supply device, the user starts the operation and then ends the target processing. It is possible to reduce the waiting time until the user is satisfied and improve the user satisfaction.

It is a circuit diagram which shows embodiment of the switching power supply device by this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a digital copying machine that is an image forming apparatus as a system device on which a switching power supply device according to the present invention can be mounted.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of a switching power supply device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a switching power supply device 20 is roughly composed of a commercial power supply 1, a first rectifier circuit 2, an inrush prevention circuit 3, a power factor correction circuit 4, a first power supply circuit 6, a second power supply circuit 7, 1. It comprises a secondary power control circuit 8, a secondary power control circuit 9, a first load 10, a second load 11, a discharge circuit 12, and an on / off signal terminal 13. In the switching power supply device 20, the input from the commercial power supply 1 is rectified by the rectifier circuit 2 and connected to the power factor correction circuit 4 via the inrush prevention circuit 3. The power factor correction circuit 4 controls the switching of the FET 42 by the PWM control circuit 44, and boosts and outputs the voltage to the output capacitor 51 of the power factor correction circuit 4.

  The first power supply circuit 6 is connected to the commercial power supply 1 through a series circuit including a first rectifier circuit 2 connected to the commercial power supply 1 and a power factor correction circuit 4 connected to the inrush current prevention circuit 3. . The first power supply circuit 6 connected to the output capacitor 51 performs switching control of the FET 62 by the PWM control circuit 63, and turns on / off the current of the primary winding 61-P1 of the transformer 61 to turn on the secondary winding 61-. Electric power is induced in S1, rectified and smoothed by a diode 66, a coil 67, and a capacitor 68, which are secondary rectifiers, and an output (Vaa) is supplied to the first load 10 as electric power. Here, although the voltage feedback control circuit, the overcurrent protection circuit, and the overvoltage protection circuit are mounted on each of the PWM control circuits 44 and 63, they are not important matters of the present invention, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  On the other hand, the second power supply circuit 7 is connected to the commercial power supply 1 via the second rectifier circuit 70, charges the smoothing capacitor 71, and controls the switching of the FET 77 by the PWM control circuit 75. The current of the secondary winding 76-P1 is turned on / off to induce power in the secondary winding 76-S1. The induced power is rectified and smoothed by the diode 79 and the capacitor 80 and the output is supplied to the second load 11. The primary winding 76-P2 of the switching transformer 76 is rectified by a diode 78 to supply auxiliary power for the PWM control circuit 75. Further, when the primary winding 76-P3 of the switching transformer 76 is rectified by the diode 81 and the power control circuits 8 and 9 are on, the PWM control circuit of the power factor correction circuit 4 and the first power circuit 6 The power factor correction circuit 4 and the first power supply circuit 6 are switched to supply power to the first load 10 by supplying the power to the auxiliary power supplies (VCC) 44 and 63.

  The power supply control circuits 8 and 9 receive an on / off signal from a system control unit (not shown) connected to the second load 11 at an on / off signal terminal 13 and a logic IC 91, and the photocoupler of the power supply control circuit 9 On / off control of the light emission side of PC1, PC2, and PC3 is performed. Here, when the on / off signal is off, the photocouplers PC1, PC2, and PC3 stop emitting light, and the light-receiving transistors PC1, PC2, and PC3 are turned off in each photocoupler, and the transistors with built-in resistors of the power control circuit 8 82 turns off. Thereby, the supply of the auxiliary power supply VCC of the PWM control circuits 44 and 63 of the power factor correction circuit 4 and the first power supply circuit 6 is stopped, and the operation of the power factor improvement circuit 4 and the first power supply circuit 6 is stopped. The power of the first load 10 is configured to be cut off. The smoothing capacitor 71 of the second power supply circuit 7 and the output capacitor 51 of the power factor correction circuit 4 are connected by a discharge circuit 12 including a diode 121 and a resistor 122.

  The inrush prevention circuit 3 described above includes a thyristor 31, a resistor 32 with a thermal fuse, a resistor 33, and a diode 34. The power factor correction circuit 4 includes a coil 41, a diode 43, a capacitor 45, and voltage detection resistors 46, 47, 48, 49, and 50. Further, the first power supply circuit 6 includes a capacitor 64 and a resistor 65, and the second power supply circuit 7 includes a diode 72, a resistor 73, and a capacitor 74. Here, the power supply control circuit 8 includes a photocoupler PC1 on the resistor built-in transistor 82 side, and the power supply control circuit 9 includes a resistor 92. In the switching power supply configured as described above, when the on / off signal of the on / off signal terminal 13 transitions from the off state to the on state, this transition is received by the logic IC 91 of the power control circuit 9, and the photocoupler PC1, Since a current flows to the light emitting side of PC2 and PC3, the light receiving side transistor of PC1 of the power supply control circuit 8 is turned on, and the transistor 82 with built-in resistor is turned on. As a result, the auxiliary power supply VCC of the PWM control circuits 44 and 63 of the power factor correction circuit 4 and the first power supply circuit 6 is supplied, and the power factor improvement circuit 4 and the first power supply circuit 6 start operation. At this time, since the output capacitor 51 of the power factor correction circuit 4 is connected to the commercial power source 1 via the power factor correction circuit 4 and the first rectifier circuit 2, the peak obtained by rectifying the commercial power source 1 is obtained. In this state, the output voltage of the first power supply circuit 6 can be stably supplied in a short time from the empty state of the output capacitor 51. Furthermore, since the auxiliary power supply VCC is supplied with a stable voltage from the second power supply circuit 7, it is possible to supply a stable voltage to the first load 10 in a short time.

  The second power supply circuit 7 includes a switching transformer 76 having at least one output 76-S1 on the secondary side and at least two outputs 76-P2 and 76-P3 on the primary side. One output 76-P2 on the primary side is supplied as power to the PWM control circuit 75 of the second power supply circuit 7. The other output 76-P3 on the primary side supplies the auxiliary power supply VCC to the PWM control circuit 63 of the first power supply circuit 6 and the PWM control circuit 44 of the power factor correction circuit 4 via the power supply control circuit 8. . As a result, the three PWM control circuits 44, 63 and 75 can be supplied from the two outputs of the switching transformer 76, so that the number of parts can be reduced by one circuit. Further, the PWM control circuit 63 of the first power supply circuit 6 and the PWM control circuit 44 of the power factor correction circuit 4 do not require separate starting circuits, and there is an effect that parts can be further reduced.

  When the on / off signal is turned off at the on / off signal terminal 13 and the power supply to the first load 10 is stopped, the light emission of the photocouplers PC2 and PC3 of the power supply control circuit 9 is also stopped. The side transistor is turned off. Due to this OFF state, the resistors 46, 47, 49, and 50 of the power factor correction circuit 4 are connected to each connection point by the photocoupler, so that the power loss is reduced and the power consumption in the standby mode is sufficiently reduced. can do. During operation in the normal mode, when the input voltage of the first power supply circuit 6 is lowered due to voltage abnormality such as a momentary power interruption or instantaneous interruption during operation in the normal mode, the diode 121 and the resistance from the smoothing capacitor 71 of the second power supply circuit 7 are reduced. Discharge to the output capacitor 51 of the power factor correction circuit 4 through the discharge circuit 12 composed of the vessel 122.

  This discharge stops the operation of the second power supply circuit 7. As a result, the auxiliary power supply VCC is not supplied to the PWM control circuit 63 of the first power supply circuit 6, the PWM control circuit 63 is reset, and even if an overcurrent is detected due to a decrease in input voltage, the power supply VCC is reset. When 1 is restored normally, it is restarted normally. The resistor 122 of the discharge circuit 12 is set to several Ω to several hundred Ω, and the discharge time from the smoothing capacitor 71 is adjusted to adjust the stop time of the second power supply circuit 7 from the stop of the output of the first power supply circuit 6. Can be set appropriately. In the embodiment of the switching power supply device according to the present invention described above, the light emitting sides of the photocouplers PC1, PC2, and PC3 are connected in series, but are connected in parallel and a resistor for adjusting the current is connected to each photocoupler. Even so, the functions of the power supply control circuits 8 and 9 do not change. As described above, the number of photocouplers has been described as three. However, the number of photocouplers used can be increased or decreased in accordance with the required specifications of the power supply device, the characteristics of the system device on which the power supply device is mounted, and the electronic device.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a digital copying machine which is an image forming apparatus as a system device on which the switching power supply device according to the present invention can be mounted. In FIG. 2, a digital copying machine 30 includes a document placing table 35 on which a document is placed, a scanning optical system 36 that reads a document image on the document placing table 35, a laser writing unit 37 that writes image data, and a laser. A photosensitive member 38 that forms an electrostatic latent image by receiving laser light from the writing unit 37, a charging charger 39 that uniformly charges the photosensitive member 38, and Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan). , BK (black), and a developing device 52 that develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member 38.

  The digital copying machine 30 also includes a transfer drum 53 around which the recording medium is wound, a transfer charger 54 for transferring the developed toner image to the recording medium, and a cleaning device 55 that removes untransferred toner on the photoreceptor 38. And a fixing device 56 for fixing the toner image on the recording medium, a paper discharge tray 57 for discharging the fixed recording medium, and a paper feeding device 58 for feeding the recording medium. The digital copying machine 30 has a switching power supply including the first power supply circuit 6 and the second power supply circuit 7 as shown in FIG. Therefore, when shifting from the standby mode to the normal mode, a stable operation can be performed in a short time. As a result, the digital copying machine 30 can shorten the transition time from the standby mode to the normal mode. As described above, in the digital copying machine 30 equipped with the switching power supply device according to the present invention, the waiting time from when the user starts the operation until the end of the target processing can be shortened, and the satisfaction of the user can be improved. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commercial power supply, 2 Rectifier circuit, 3 Inrush current prevention circuit, 4 Power factor improvement circuit, 6 1st power supply circuit, 7 2nd power supply circuit, 8 Power supply control circuit, 9 Power supply control circuit, 10 1st load, 11 Second load, 12 Discharge circuit, 44 PWM control circuit, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 Voltage detection resistor, 51 Output capacitor, 61 Transformer, 61-P1 Primary circuit (primary winding) 61-S1 secondary circuit (secondary winding), 63 PWM control circuit, 70 second rectifier circuit, 71 smoothing capacitor, 75 PWM control circuit, 76 switching transformer, 76-P1 primary circuit (1 Secondary winding), 76-P3 primary circuit (primary winding), 76-S1 secondary circuit (secondary winding), 82 resistor built-in transistor, 91 logic IC, 121 diode, 122 resistor Device, PC1 PC2, PC3 photo coupler, VCC auxiliary power

JP 2006-129651 A JP 2004-72814 A Japanese Patent No. 3466351

Claims (3)

In a switching power supply apparatus including a first power supply circuit for driving a first load having a normal operation mode and a standby mode, and a second power supply circuit for driving a second load not having a standby mode ,
The first power supply circuit is connected to a commercial power supply through a series circuit composed of a first rectifier circuit and a power factor correction circuit connected to an inrush current prevention circuit, and the second power supply circuit is connected to a second rectifier. Connected to the commercial power supply through a circuit,
A power control circuit for turning on and off an auxiliary power obtained by rectifying from a primary side circuit of the second power circuit;
In the standby mode, by turning off the auxiliary power supply by the power supply control circuit, the power factor correction circuit and the PWM control circuit of the first power supply circuit are stopped to supply power to the first load. The switching power supply device characterized by stopping.   The second power supply circuit has a switching transformer having at least one output on the secondary side and at least two outputs on the primary side, and rectifies one of the outputs on the primary side to Power is supplied to the PWM control circuit of the power supply circuit, the other one of the outputs on the primary side is rectified, and the PWM control circuit and the power factor of the first power supply circuit are passed through the power supply control circuit. The switching power supply according to claim 1, wherein auxiliary power is supplied to the PWM control circuit of the improvement circuit.   An image forming apparatus comprising the switching power supply device according to claim 1.

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