Non-inverting buck-boost power-factor-correction converter with wide input-voltage-range applications

Abstract

This paper presents a non-inverting buck-boost based power-factor-correction (PFC) converter operating in the boundary-conduction-mode (BCM) for the wide input-voltage-range applications. Unlike other conventional PFC converters, the proposed non-inverting buck-boost based PFC converter has both step-up and step-down conversion functionalities to provide positive DC output-voltage. In order to reduce the turn-on switching-loss in high frequency applications, the BCM current control is employed to achieve zero current turn-on for the power switches. Besides, the relationships of the power factor versus the voltage conversion ratio between the BCM boost PFC converter and the proposed BCM non-inverting buck-boost PFC converter are also provided. Finally, the 70-watt prototype circuit of the proposed BCM buck-boost based PFC converter is built for the verification of the high frequency and wide input-voltage-range.