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Power factor correction circuit

US5734562A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 1994
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 20, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P80/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power-factor-corrected switching power supply includes a power-factor-corrector cell followed by a current-fed dc/dc converter cell. Both cells operate in discontinuous current mode. A duty cycle modulator has its input coupled to the output of the current-fed dc/dc converter cell and its output coupled to the switch control inputs of both the PFC cell and the current-fed dc/dc converter cell so that both cells receive the same control signal.

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