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S&M3277 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM4307 Published: May 22, 2023 Design and Analysis of an AC/DC Charger with High Power Factor and High Efficiency [PDF] Cheng-Tao Tsai and Feng-Wei Peng (Received January 7, 2023; Accepted April 26, 2023) Keywords: power factor correction, inductor-inductance-capacitor resonant converter, soft-switching
In this paper, an AC/DC charger with high power factor and high efficiency is proposed. The topology of the AC/DC charger makes use of an active power factor correction (PFC) circuit and a DC/DC half-bridge inductor-inductance-capacitor (LLC) resonant converter with high efficiency, which has the following advantages: (1) By incorporating a current-sensing circuit, a zero-current detection circuit, and an active PFC circuit in the front, the AC source can decrease harmonic currents. Therefore, the power factor of the proposed AC/DC charger can approach 0.997. (2) By incorporating a DC/DC half-bridge LLC resonant converter with soft-switching functions in the rear, the power losses of the active switches can be decreased and the efficiency can be improved significantly. Finally, a prototype of the AC/DC charger with high power factor and high efficiency is designed and analyzed. The results of the experiments are presented to prove the function and probability of the AC/DC charger with high power factor and high efficiency.
Corresponding author: Cheng-Tao TsaiThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Cheng-Tao Tsai and Feng-Wei Peng, Design and Analysis of an AC/DC Charger with High Power Factor and High Efficiency, Sens. Mater., Vol. 35, No. 5, 2023, p. 1647-1657. |