Conversor CA-CC bridgeless monofásico de estágio único com PFC baseado no conversor SEPIC operando no modo de condução contínuo

Abstract

In this paper is presented the analysis of a single-phase bridgeless AC-DC converter with a single-stage of power factor correction, based on an isolated SEPIC converter with AC-side switches. Wherefore the converter carry out the power factor correction technic, by the act of operating in the continuous conduction mode (CCM), it’s essential to control the input current. Therefore, the control system, compared to the converter operating in the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), become more complex, resulting on a disadvantage for the CCM. Nevertheless, when it’s come to efficiency, how the levels of peak current are smaller operating in CCM, it is expected to obtain a higher efficiency. Besides that, with the AC-side switches the converter presents a smaller number of semiconductors on the current path during a switching period, compared with the conventional topology, become one more positive advantage for the converter efficiency. Are presented the operation stages of the converter, waveforms, for high frequency as well as mains frequency, the numeric analysis possessing the leading equations for the converter operations and the numeric simulation proving the developed analysis. The converter was designed for a 127V input voltage, with a 200V output voltage, operating with a switching frequency of 50kHz, and a 300W rated output power.