Bridgeless SEPIC rectifier with unity power factor and reduced conduction losses

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1147-1157

  Ismail, Esam H ^a  

^a Educational Shuwaikh   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bridgeless rectifier; Discontinuous current mode (DCM); Power factor correction (PFC); Rectifier; Single ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC); Total harmonic distortion (THD)

Indexed keywords

BRIDGELESS RECTIFIER; DISCONTINUOUS CURRENT MODE (DCM); POWER FACTOR CORRECTION (PFC); RECTIFIER; SINGLE-ENDED PRIMARY INDUCTANCE CONVERTER (SEPIC); TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION (THD);

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INDUCTANCE; POWER CONVERTERS; WAVE FILTERS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 65549165569     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2007552     Document Type: Article

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