Active power filter for single-phase Quasi-Z-source integrated on-board charger

Single-phase quasi-Z-source rectifiers have second harmonic currents and corresponding ripple voltages on the dc bus. To filer the voltage ripple, bulky capacitor bank is needed. This paper proposed an active power filter (APF) for single-phase quasi-Z-source rectifier. It eliminated the second harmonic power with small capacitor and inductor. This topology is suitable to integrated electric vehicle (EV) on-board charger, which can use EV's inverter hardware as its own rectifier hardware. Thus, this proposed topology can save much space and weight. Simulation and experimental results verified the proposed system.