Patent attributes
A switching power supply unit is provided, in which widening of the input voltage range can be achieved while suppressing production of a surge current. A transformer having two primary windings having the number of turns equal to each other, and two inductors are provided correspondingly to two switching circuits. By using an input voltage detection circuit, a control section, and connection changeover switches, when an input DC voltage is lower than a threshold voltage, a first current path and a second current path are connected in parallel to each other, and when the input DC voltage is higher than a threshold voltage, they are connected in series to each other. A turn ratio between the primary windings and secondary windings is large in a case of series connection compared with a case of parallel connection. Moreover, current is gently changes in the circuits by an effect of the inductors.
