Open AccessSoft single switch resonant buck converter with inherent PFC feature
Author(s) -
Emrani Amin,
Amini Mohammad Reza,
FarzanehFard Hosein
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iet power electronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1755-4543
pISSN - 1755-4535
DOI - 10.1049/iet-pel.2012.0092
Subject(s) - buck converter , feature (linguistics) , buck–boost converter , computer science , materials science , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , voltage , inductor , philosophy , linguistics
In this study a new fully soft switched converter with a single switch is presented. The relatively small value of required passive circuit elements in this converter makes its implementation simple and cost‐efficient. Since this converter operates at fully soft‐switching conditions without any extra switches and low number of circuit components, the proposed converter is highly efficient. The other advantage of this converter is its inherent power factor correction (PFC) feature. In this study, the proposed converter is introduced and its theoretical analysis is presented. Also a prototype converter is implemented and the experimental results are presented to verify the theoretical analysis.