Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2019/v12i17/144613
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 17, Pages: 1-10
Original Article
A. Hakeem Memon*, Zubair A. Memon, Noor N. Sheikh, Anwar A. Sahito and Ashfaque A. Hashmani
IICT, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Indus Hwy, Jamshoro; Sindh 76062, Pakistan; [email protected], [email protected],
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*Author for correspondence
A. Hakeem Memon
IICT, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Indus Hwy, Jamshoro; Sindh 76062, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
Buck Power Factor Correction (PFC) converter is widely used for a broad range of AC/DC applications because of its many advantages like protection against short circuit, high efficiency at universal input voltage, low output voltage, less voltage stress on the switch, low inrush current and low component cast. However the inherent dead zone introduces a large harmonic distortion in the average input current, resulting in a low Power Factor (PF) and high Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). A constant on-time controlled Boundary Conduction Mode (BCM) buck-flyback converter is introduced in this paper. It can achieve low input current THD and high PF. The operating principle of the traditional and proposed converter is discussed and the effectiveness of proposed topology is evaluated by simulation results.
Keywords: Boundary Conduction Mode (BCM), Buck Converter, Power Factor (PF), Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
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