Comparison between current-driven resonant converters used for single-stage isolated power-factor correction

Author

Benqassmi, Hassan ; Crebier, Jean-Christophe ; Ferrieux, Jean-Paul

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electrotech. de Grenoble, CNRS, St. Martin d´´Heres, France

Volume

47

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

518

Lastpage

524

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the power factor correction capability of isolated current-source resonant converter topologies with two energy storage elements, which takes advantage of the leakage inductance of the HF transformer. These converter topologies are studied and modeled. Computer simulation results are also given. Thanks to its interesting characteristics, a converter topology is chosen and a converter prototype is built in order to validate theoretical study. Using this converter topology, a very good power factor is achieved

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; circuit simulation; energy storage; high-frequency transformers; magnetic leakage; power factor correction; power transformers; rectifying circuits; resonant power convertors; HF transformer; computer simulation; current-driven resonant power converters; energy storage elements; isolated current-source resonant converter topologies; leakage inductance; single-stage isolated power factor correction; Circuit topology; Costs; Energy storage; Inductors; Power conversion; Reactive power; Resonance; Switching frequency; Switching loss; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.847891

Filename

847891