Seminar Description: The tutorial starts with a refresh of the basics of ac power line rectification and the technical issues that lead to the need for high-quality rectification, aka power factor correction (PFC), touching on the regulatory aspects as well.
Then a quick review of boost PFC pre-regulators, the most common PFC solution, will address its standard control methodologies and the main design challenges. The Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) as Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of a PFC pre-regulator will be introduced.
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