A Unique SEPIC converter based Power Factor Correction method with a DCM Detection Technique

Abstract

This paper presents a unique Single-Ended Primary Inductor Converter (SEPIC) based power factor correction method with discontinuous conduction mode detection. The SEPIC power factor correction (PFC) converter with the advent of digital control, powerful control techniques are used to achieve low-harmonic input current. An analog SEPIC based PFC converter is modified into a digitally controlled equivalent; thus provides flexibility for further implementations. The voltage and current sensing circuit design, compensator topology, the critical interrupt service routines, and the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) control is presented. The proposed SEPIC converter is contributes with a Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM) detection method using DSP for the purpose of power factor correction close to unity. The proposed detection technique has easy computation steps, and requires very small or almost null modification in existing SEPIC based PFC converters using DSP control techniques. The SEPIC-PFC converter analyse the effectiveness of the proposed detection approach over traditional detection techniques for power quality improvements. A new adaptive Mixed Conduction Mode (MCM) control technique is applies in the proposed SEPIC converter to realize optimal power factor and reduced total harmonic distortion contents in the output over a conventional controllers.