High Efficiency Common Mode Coupled Inductor Bridgeless Power Factor Correction Converter With Improved Conducted EMI Noise

Abstract

The conventional power factor correction (CPFC) converter suffers from excessive heat generation due to high conduction loss from the input bridge diode. Various bridgeless PFCs (BPFCs) have been proposed to overcome this drawback. Among them, the conventional BPFC (CBPFC) features the significantly reduced conduction loss but has very poor conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise. Further, the semi-BPFC features the reduced input diode loss and good EMI, but the input diode loss is too significant to ignore. Although another solution, totem-pole BPFC, features high efficiency and good EMI, it usually requires expensive current sensors and microprocessor. A BPFC with the integrated magnetics common mode coupled inductor (ICC) is proposed to overcome the drawbacks of traditional BPFCs. The ICC can significantly reduce the system size by integrating three inductive components into a single magnetic core. Moreover, the small magnetizing current of the ICC, not the main input current, flows through input diodes; thus, experimental results from a 600 W rated prototype prove that the input diode loss can be significantly reduced by about 10 W compared to the CPFC, and the input diode exhibits a low heat generation of 49.8 °C despite the absence of a heat sink. In particular, with the help of input diodes, the EMI noise spectra of the ICC BPFC can meet the EMI standard with a sufficient margin. The detailed analysis, design guide and experimental results from a 600 W rated prototype are provided to confirm the validity of the ICC BPFC.