Title : 
Isolated dual boost bridgeless power factor correction AC-DC converter
         
        
            Author : 
Mahmood, M. ; Huang-Jen Chiu ; Yu-Kang Lo ; Quang Trong Nha ; Phu Hieu Pham ; Purnama, I.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Isolated power factor correction converters expose several shortcomings such as: the presence of slow-recovery diodes on conduction path leading to conduction losses and complexity in sensing circuit. This paper presents a new topology named isolated dual boost bridgeless PFC converter not only to improve efficiency by discarding of the low-recovery diodes but also to simplify the sensing circuit methodology. Additionally, a laboratory prototype with 100-140 V input, 400 V/750 W output was built and verified to demonstrate the circuit feasibility in this study. The experimental results shown that the efficiency improved by using bridgeless converter concept.
         
        
            Keywords : 
AC-DC power convertors; power factor correction; power semiconductor diodes; AC-DC converter; circuit complexity; conduction loss; isolated dual boost bridgeless PFC converter; isolated power factor correction converter; power 750 W; sensing circuit methodology; slow recovery diode; voltage 100 V to 140 V; voltage 400 V; Prototypes; Rectifiers; Switches; Topology;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Future Energy Electronics Conference (IFEEC), 2013 1st International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Tainan
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-0071-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IFEEC.2013.6687551