Capacitor charging circuit and strobe apparatus comprising same

摘要

A capacitor charging circuit does not include a Zener diode and makes it possible to integrate a large number of circuits and elements within a semiconductor integrated circuit. The capacitor charging circuit includes a flyback transformer having a primary coil, a secondary coil, and a tertiary coil, a switching element that turns the current that flows through the primary coil on and off, a capacitor that is charged by a current produced in the secondary coil through the on-off action of the switching element, and a charge control circuit that controls the on-off action of the switching element. When the switching element is off and a voltage produced at a fist end of the tertiary coil is larger than a reference voltage corresponding to the predetermined voltage of the charge voltage of the capacitor, the on-off action of the switching element is stopped.