Patent ID: 9124170
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H02M,Y02B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A power factor correction device comprising a converter and a controller coupled to the converter to obtain an input voltage, wherein, the controller comprises a total harmonic distortion (THD) reducer capable of achieving an automatic THD optimization, the converter comprises an input current sense resistor, a power switch tube and an output circuit, wherein, the current sense resistor, power switch tube and output circuit form a feedback control loop to maintain an output voltage level; wherein, the converter further comprises: a bridge rectifier connected to an AC line voltage to have a rectified sinusoidal voltage, a rectified main voltage divider connected to the bridge rectifier to scale down the rectified sinusoidal voltage such that a scale-down rectified sinusoidal voltage provided to the controller; wherein, an anode of the output diode is connected to a drain of the power switch tube, and a cathode of the output diode is connected to the output voltage divider to scale down an output voltage and provide a scale-down output voltage to the controller, and the output filtering capacitor is connected with the rectified main voltage divider in parallel to filter high frequency components of the rectified sinusoidal voltage and store an DC output voltage; wherein, the converter further comprises: a first capacitor connected with the rectified main voltage divider in parallel to filter high frequency components of the rectified sinusoidal voltage; and a boost inductor including an auxiliary winding and a primary winding, wherein a first terminal of the auxiliary winding is connected to the controller and a second terminal of the auxiliary winding is grounded, a first terminal of the primary winding is connected to an output end of the bridge rectifier, and a second terminal of the primary winding is connected to the drain of the power switch tube; wherein, the controller comprises: an error amplifier for generating a voltage error signal corresponding to a deviation between the scale-down output voltage and a predetermined reference voltage; a multiplier for combining the scale-down rectified sinusoidal voltage with an output voltage error signal to generate a sinusoidal reference signal; a comparator for generating a logic signal for setting the power switch tube on period by comparing a received current sense signal received by the input current sense resistor with the sinusoidal reference signal; a zero crossing detector for generating an edge logic signal to turn on the power switch tube; a RS flip-flop register and a gate driver combined to create a required analog waveform pattern for driving the power switch tube and thereby approximating a shape of a current running through the boost inductor to a sinusoidal waveform of the rectified sinusoidal voltage a THD Reducer for setting a THD optimization set offset voltage never changing with process variations via feedback control so as to minimize remain charges on the first capacitor at a valley of the rectified sinusoidal voltage; wherein, the THD Reducer further comprises: a sampling module for sampling output detuning voltage signal when the multiplier receives a zero input; a double direction offset compensation voltage generating module for receiving two opposite voltage signals generated by a logic control module to generate a double direction offset voltage signal; a comparator for generating a logic signal by comparing a summation of the output detuning voltage signal from the sampling module and the double direction offset voltage signal with the THD optimization set offset voltage; and wherein the logic control module is used for generating the two opposite voltage signals based on receiving the logic signal outputted by the comparator.