Performance Evaluation of Bridgeless PFC Boost Rectifiers

By Laszlo Huber, Yungtaek Jang, Milan M. Jovanovic. IEEE transactions on power electronics, 2007

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Subfields: Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverters for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems (2010, background): “It is derived from [44] and [45], where one of the discussed power-factor correction circuits was modified to get a reverse power flow.”
Ultraflat Interleaved Triangular Current Mode (TCM) Single-Phase PFC Rectifier (2014, neutral): “Dp and Sp shape in for vn > 0 whereas Dn and Sn shape in for vn < 0 [16].”
Industrial Electronics for Electric Transportation: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges (2015, background): “It avoids the need for the rectifier input bridge yet maintains the classic boost topology [9]–[12].”
Extreme efficiency power electronics (2012, positive): “the concept known as bridgeless or double-boost PFC rectifier [9], [35]–[37].”
Decoupling of Fluctuating Power in Single-Phase Systems Through a Symmetrical Half-Bridge Circuit (2015, background): “Example applications are front-end power factor correction (PFC) converters in consumer power supplies [1]–[3], on-board chargers for plugin hybrid electric vehicles [4]–[6], and 5-kW (or less) gridconnected photovoltaic (PV) inverters for distributed power generation [7]–[9].”
A High-Density, High-Efficiency, Isolated On-Board Vehicle Battery Charger Utilizing Silicon Carbide Power Devices (2014, background): “These factors allow for significant improvements in the efficiency of bridgeless boost converters when compared to the conventional full-bridgerectified alternatives [19].”
Common Mode EMI Noise Suppression for Bridgeless PFC Converters (2008, background): “Compared to the conventional boost PFC implementations, it eliminates the line-voltage bridge rectifier so that the conduction loss is reduced [2].”
Bridgeless SEPIC Rectifier With Unity Power Factor and Reduced Conduction Losses (2009, background): “In [25], a systematic review of the bridgeless PFC boost rectifier implementations that have received the most attention is presented along with their performance comparison with the conventional PFC boost rectifier.”
Performance comparison between buck and boost CRM PFC converter (2010, background): “The bridgeless PFC has attracted a big attention to improve the efficiency at low input condition [5-6], but it usually suffers from high EMI or low component utilization factor, which will increase the size and cost of the whole converter.”