Modified Ćuk converter for high-performance power factor correction applications

• Published in: IET power electronics Vol. 8; no. 10; pp. 2058 - 2064
• Main Authors: Bodetto, Mirko, Marcos-Pastor, Adria, El Aroudi, Abdelali, Cid-Pastor, Angel, Vidal-Idiarte, Enric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Circuits; continuous conduction mode; Converters; DC‐DC power convertors; Distortion; Feasibility; Harmonic distortion; high‐performance power factor correction applications; modified Cuk converter; m‐Cuk converter; Power factor; power factor correction; Review Articles; Simulation; single‐stage power factor correction AC–DC circuits; total harmonic distortion; zero‐crossing area; zero-crossing area; harmonic distortion; modified Cuk converter; m-Cuk converter; power factor correction; total harmonic distortion; single-stage power factor correction AC–DC circuits; DC-DC power convertors; high-performance power factor correction applications; continuous conduction mode
• ISSN: 1755-4535; 1755-4543; 1755-4543
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2014.0967

This paper presents a modified Ćuk (m-Ćuk) converter to reduce the total harmonic distortion in single-stage power factor correction AC–DC circuits. This modification allows the converter to operate in continuous conduction mode even in the zero-crossing area avoiding distortion in its vicinity. The proposed converter is analysed, designed and implemented. The simulation results and experimental measurements verify the feasibility of the proposed m-Ćuk converter.