The present invention provides a voltage clamping circuit which is
operated in a stable manner with the simple constitution and a switching
power source device which enables a high-speed operation. In a switching
power source device, one of source/drain routes is connected to an input
terminal to which an input voltage is supplied, a predetermined voltage
to be restricted is supplied to a gate, and using a MOSFET which provides
a current source between another source/drain route and a ground
potential of the circuit, a clamp output voltage which corresponds to the
input voltage is obtained from another source/drain route. The switching
power source device further includes a first switching element which
controls a current which is made to flow in an inductor such that the
output voltage assumes a predetermined voltage and a second switching
element which clamps an reverse electromotive voltage generated in the
inductor when the first switching element is turned off to a
predetermined potential. In such a switching power source device, the
voltage clamping circuit is used in a feedback route for setting a dead
time.