# US 12,113,436 B2 · Integrated circuit and method of synchronous rectification control of bridgeless power factor correction circuit

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- Number: US 12,113,436 B2
- Document ID: US12113436B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/677,709
- Filed: 2022-02-22
- Published: 2022-08-25
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-02-25
- Assignees: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Osamu Ohtake; Ryuichi Furukoshi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113436B2

## CPC

- H02M 1/4233: {using a bridge converter comprising active switches}
- H02M 1/0058: {by employing soft switching techniques, i.e. commutation of transistors when applied voltage is zero or when current flow is zero (using an auxiliary actively switched resonant commutation circuit connected to an intermediate DC voltage or between two push-pull branches of an inverter bridge H02M7/4811; in resonant inverters H02M7/4815; in inverters operating from a resonant DC source H02M7/4826)}
- H02M 1/0085: {Partially controlled bridges}
- H02M 1/4225: {using a non-isolated boost converter}
- H02M 7/23: arranged for operation in parallel {(H02M7/2176 takes precedence)}
- Y02B 70/10: Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

A method may include detecting an output voltage of the output smoothing capacitor in the bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of a critical mode, comparing the detected output voltage with a reference voltage, controlling the first and the second half-bridge circuits included in the bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of the critical mode to be on and off based on an error signal between the output voltage and the predetermined reference voltage, measuring ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit by measuring a time period between OFF timing of an active switch of the first half-bridge circuit and output of a differentiation signal generated by a differentiation circuit included in the bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of the critical mode; and assigning the measured time to next ON time of the synchronous rectification switch operation of the second half-bridge circuit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An integrated circuit that performs synchronous rectification control of a bridgeless power factor correction circuit in a critical mode comprising:
a bridgeless power factor correction circuit of a critical mode comprising:
a first diode;
a second diode electrically connected in series with the first diode;
an output smoothing capacitor electrically connected to the first diode and the second diode;
an AC power supply that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and is electrically connected to the first diode and the second diode;
a first reactor that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply;
a half-bridge circuit including a first NMOSFET and a second NMOSFET, the second terminal of the first reactor electrically connected to a connection point between the first NMOSFET and the second NMOSFET; and
a differentiation circuit that comprises a capacitor and a resistor and is connected between main electrodes of the second NMOSFET in the half-bridge circuit; wherein
the integrated circuit detects an output voltage of the output smoothing capacitor, compares the output voltage with a reference voltage, and controls the half-bridge circuit to be on and off based on an error signal between the output voltage and the reference voltage, and
a next ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the half-bridge circuit is assigned based on a time that is obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from a measured time comprising a period between OFF timing of an active switch of the half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by the differentiation circuit.

### Claim 2

An integrated circuit that performs synchronous rectification control of a bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit in a critical mode comprising:
a bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of a critical mode comprising:
a first diode;
a second diode electrically connected in series with the first diode;
an output smoothing capacitor electrically connected to the first diode and the second diode;
an AC power supply that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and is electrically connected to the first diode and the second diode;
a first reactor that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply;
a second reactor that includes a first terminal and a second terminal, is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply, and is connected in parallel with the first reactor;
a first half-bridge circuit including a first NMOSFET and a second NMOSFET on a master side, wherein the second terminal of the first reactor is electrically connected to a connection point between the first NMOSFET and the second NMOSFET;
a second half-bridge circuit including a third NMOSFET and a fourth NMOSFET on a slave side, wherein the second terminal of the second reactor is electrically connected to a connection point between the third NMOSFET and the fourth NMOSFET; and
a differentiation circuit that includes a capacitor and a resistor and is connected between main electrodes of the second NMOSFET of the first half-bridge circuit; wherein
the integrated circuit detects an output voltage of the output smoothing capacitor, compares the output voltage with a predetermined reference voltage, and controls the first half-bridge circuit and the second half-bridge circuit to be on and off based on an error signal between the output voltage and the predetermined reference voltage,
a next ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit is assigned based on a measured time comprising a period between OFF timing of an active switch of the half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by the differentiation circuit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein
the next ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit is calculated based on a time that is obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from a measured time comprising a period between OFF timing of an active switch of the first half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by the differentiation circuit.

### Claim 4

An integrated circuit for synchronous rectification control of a bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit in a critical mode comprising:
a bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of a critical mode comprising:
an AC power supply including a first terminal and a second terminal;
an output smoothing capacitor connected in parallel with the AC power supply;
a first reactor that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply;
a first reactor that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply;
a second reactor that includes a first terminal and a second terminal, is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply, and is connected in parallel with the first reactor;
a first half-bridge circuit including a first NMOSFET and a second NMOSFET on a master side, wherein the second terminal of the first reactor is electrically connected to the connection point between the first NMOSFET and the second NMOSFET;
a second half-bridge circuit including a third NMOSFET and a fourth NMOSFET on a slave side, wherein the second terminal of the second reactor is electrically connected to a connection point between the third NMOSFET and the fourth NMOSFET; and
a differentiation circuit that includes a capacitor and a resistor and is connected between main electrodes of the second NMOSFET of the first half-bridge circuit; wherein
the integrated circuit detects an output voltage of the output smoothing capacitor, compares the output voltage with a predetermined reference voltage, and controls the first half-bridge circuit and the second half-bridge circuit to be on and off based on an error signal between the output voltage and the predetermined reference voltage;
an ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit is assigned to a next ON time of the synchronous rectification switch operation of the second half-bridge circuit by measuring a period between OFF timing of an active switch of the first half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by the differentiation circuit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The integrated circuit according to claim 4, wherein
the next ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit is calculated based on a time that is obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from a measured time comprising a period between OFF timing of an active switch of the first half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by the differentiation circuit.

### Claim 6

A method of performing synchronous rectification control of a bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of a critical mode comprising:
detecting an output voltage of the output smoothing capacitor in the bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of the critical mode;
converting the detected output voltage to a digital value;
comparing the converted digital value of the detected output voltage with a predetermined reference voltage to generate an ON-time signal by processing an error signal between the converted digital value of the detected output voltage;
controlling a first half-bridge circuit and a second half-bridge circuit included in the bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of the critical mode to be on and off based on the ON-time signal generated by processing the error signal between the output voltage and the predetermined reference voltage;
measuring an ON time of a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit by measuring a time period between OFF timing of an active switch of the first half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by a differentiation circuit included in the bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit of the critical mode; and
assigning the measured time to a next ON time of the synchronous rectification switch operation of the second half-bridge circuit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein
assigning the next ON time comprises calculating a synchronous rectification switch operation of the first half-bridge circuit based on a time that is obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from a measured time comprising a period between OFF timing of an active switch of the first half-bridge circuit and timing of an output of a differentiation signal generated by the differentiation circuit.