This paper presents the analysis and evaluation of the input current in the critical mode single-phase boost power-factor-correction (PFC) converter. First, the switching-frequency ripple of the input current is derived and the differential-mode EM1 filters of the critical and continuous mode PFC rectifiers are calculated and compared. Next, the benefits and challenges of interleaving the criti...

Using a new instrument, the HEAT collaboration has confirmed the excess of cosmic ray positrons that they first detected in 1994. We explore the possibility that this excess is due to the annihilation of neutralino dark matter in the galactic halo. We confirm that neutralino annihilation can produce enough positrons to make up the measured excess only if there is an additional enhancement to th...

-Passive current sharing in multiphase converters, where resistive losses are not dominant, is a quite complex goal. In this work, input impedance of active clamp boost converters is used like a lossless passive equalization in multistage high power factor rectifier. This technique allows the design of high power converters by and easy parallel association of power stages. Experimental results ...

The IDBB converter features just one controlled switch and two inductors and is able to supply a solid-state lamp from the mains providing high power factor and good efficiency. And with a careful design of the converter the filter capacitances can be made small enough so that film capacitors may be used. Thus the converter mean time between failures can be made as high as that of the solid-sta...

Abstract: In this paper, a three-phase six-switch standard boost rectifier with unity-power-factor-correction is investigated. A general equation is derived that relates input phase voltage and duty ratios of switches in continuous conduction mode. Based on one of solutions and using One-Cycle Control, a Unified Constant-frequency Integration (UCI) controller for powerfactor-correction (PFC) is...

Harmonic pollution and low power factor in power systems caused by power converters have been a great concern. To overcome these problems several converter topologies and control schemes have been proposed in recent years. This paper is proposed to study the control techniques for such converters to improve the Power Factor (PF) and reduce total harmonic distortion (THD) in the input current wi...

A novel Z-source three-level inverter based on coupled inductors is proposed. The two inductors in traditional Z-source impedance network are replaced by two coupled inductors. The operating principle is described and the equations of boost factor and voltage stresses are deduced. Comparisons are made with other Z-source three-level inverters, especially the multicell switched inductor Z-source...

This paper investigates the fast-scale instability in a power-factor-correction (PFC) boost converter under a conventional average current-mode control. The converter is operated in continuous mode. Computer simulations and theoretical analysis are performed to study the e ects of the time-varying input voltage under the variation of some chosen parameters on the qualitative behaviour of the sy...

Nonlinear Dynamics is a very popular topic for researchers. The prior researchers already studied the nonlinear dynamics of current controlled DC-DC boost converter. The power factor corrected boost regulator is a circuit which is designed especially as input power factor can maintain unity. Firstly, we derive the state equations of this switching circuit. The circuit is numerically simulated b...

This paper presents a high step-down tranformerless single-stage single-switch ac/dc converter suitable for universal line applications (90–270 Vrms ). The topology integrates a buck-type power-factor correction (PFC) cell with a buck–boost dc/dc cell and part of the input power is coupled to the output directly after the first power processing. With this direct power transfer feature and shari...