ZVZCS single-stage PFC AC-to-DC half-bridge converter
Feel-Soon Kang; Sung-Jun Park; Cheul-U Kim
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 49, Issue 1, Feb 2002 Page(s):206 - 216
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/41.982264
Summary:A zero-voltage- and zero-current-switched single-stage AC-to-DC
half-bridge converter with high power factor is presented to reduce the
switching losses and to achieve sinusoidal, unity power factor input
currents. The single-stage approach, which combines a boost converter
used as power-factor correction with a half-bridge converter used as
DC-to-DC conversion into one power stage, has a simple structure and low
cost. At the same time, the switching losses could be considerably
reduced, because the switches of the proposed converter are designed to
be turned on at zero voltage and off at zero current. Detailed analysis
and experimental results are presented on the proposed converter, which
is operated at constant switching frequency and in discontinuous
conduction mode
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