A voltage resonant converter is provided with a secondary side parallel
resonant circuit, and an isolated converter transformer PIT is set in a
state of loose coupling at a coupling coefficient k=about 0.7 or lower.
Thus a steep unimodal characteristic is obtained as a constant-voltage
control characteristic to reduce a control range of switching frequency
which range is necessary for stabilization. A primary side parallel
resonance frequency fo1 and a secondary side parallel resonance frequency
fo2 are set so as to obtain favorable power conversion efficiency
characteristics.