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Simplified power factor correction: Sensorless control could enable smaller, more reliable electronic adapters

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of ...
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Sensorless power control promises smaller, cheaper chargers for consumer electronics

Researchers have proposed a new way to control power factor correction circuits that could lead to sensorless power control.

Chonnam National University Researchers Propose Innovative Voltage-Loop Control for Power Factor Correction

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits--a kind of front-end AC/DC converters--are ubiquitous in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including laptop adapters, LED driver power ...
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UCC28019A is an 8-Pin Power Factor Correction Controller

This post sponsored by Texas Instruments. UCC28019A is an 8-pin active Power Factor Correction (PFC) controller that uses boost topology while operating in Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM). There is ...
Electronic Design

Digital Controllers: Pushing the Limits of Power Control

In everything from onboard chargers (OBCs) and DC-DC converters in EVs to the AI power supplies in data centers to solar, wind, and other renewable-energy systems, fully digital power control is ...