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Abstract

Electrical switching power supply for microprocessors and the like comprising a high voltage d.c. source (30, 34, 32, 50) resonant circuit (38, 51, 42, 52) including a switching transistor (52) which is operated in Megahertz range and provides pulses, via a transformer (40), rectifier (56), smoothing choke (62) to a d.c. low voltage output terminal (66). The rate of switching is controlled by a pulse generator (54) which pulses variably in response to output voltage to thereby vary switching repetition rate and hold to a predetermined output voltage. The inductive elements use spirals (12A and 12A') of thin lines on the surface of a substrate board and ferrite plugs (20) passing through holes (22) in the board to provide miniature inductive elements built into the substrate for effective use in a microprocessor power supply, or the like, and in other applications. Power dissipating elements on the circuit are mounted to a common thermal ground (29) and the circuit as a whole, including such thermal ground is encapsulated to provide a plate form power supply.

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