A feedforward compensation design in critical conduction mode boost power factor correction for low-power low totalharmonic distortion

For low-power low total harmonic distortion (THD), based on the CSMC 0.5 μm BCD process, a novel boost power factor correction (PFC) converter in critical conduction mode is discussed and analyzed. Feedforward compensation design is introduced in order to increase the PWM duty cycle and supply more conversion energy near the input voltage zero-crossing points, thus regulating the inductor current of the PFC converter and compensating the system loop gain change with ac line voltage. Both theoretical and practical results reveal that the proposed PFC converter with feedforward compensation cell has better power factor and THD performance, and is suitable for low-power low THD design applications. The experimental THD of the boost PFC converter is 4.5%, the start-up current is 54 μA, the stable operating current is 3.85 mA, the power factor is 0.998 and the efficiency is 95.2%.