Power-factor correction in bridge and voltage-doubler rectifier circuits with inductors and capacitors

1 January 1995

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 1, 466-472 vol.1
https://doi.org/10.1109/apec.1995.468989

Abstract

To improve the power factor and to comply with line-harmonics regulations, a power-factor-correction/line-harmonics-reduction circuit must be added to the capacitively filtered bridge or voltage-doubler rectifier. Passive solutions (i.e. circuits using only inductors and capacitors) are simple, reliable, and generate no EMI. In this paper we discuss single-phase rectifier circuits employing an additional inductor and one or more additional capacitors for power-factor correction.

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