A Universal Single-stage AC-DC Front-end Resonant Converter with a New Active Current Mode Controller: Performance and Design

Author

Youssef, Mohamed Z. ; Jain, Praveen K.

Author_Institution

Member IEEE, Power Electronics Applied Research Laboratory (PEARL), Walter Light Hall, Union Street, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen´´s University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA K7L3N6. E-mail: mohamed.youssef@ece.queensu.ca

fYear

2007

fDate

Feb. 25 2007-March 1 2007

Firstpage

790

Lastpage

796

Abstract

This paper presents the performance evaluation of an improved current mode controller for the load resonant converters suitable for the universal single-stage single phase power factor correction circuits. It has a modified active controller, which improves the performance from no-load up to full-load. The steady state characteristics are developed and a design example is given in detail. The proposed controller allows zero voltage switching (ZVS) at any loading condition with a reasonable power factor that satisfies the IEC 61000-3-2 standards together with a promising efficiency. Analytical, simulation, and experimental results verify the design validity.

Keywords

Analog-digital conversion; Analytical models; IEC standards; Power factor correction; RLC circuits; Reactive power; Resonance; Steady-state; Voltage control; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC 2007 - Twenty Second Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

ISSN

1048-2334

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0713-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEX.2007.357605

Filename

4195809