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 ...

Providing power electronics design engineers with a convenient means of adding boost-type power factor correction to their switching power supplies, TT electronics BI Technologies offers a series of ...

San Jose, Calif.&#8212Renesas Technology's R2A20112 is a critical-conduction mode (CCM) power factor correction (PFC) control IC for AC/DC power supplies, which the company says is the first device of ...

Active current shaping using flyback ac-to-dc converter provides power factor control and dc voltage regulation. Distributed power supplies will be the new architecture for next generation PCs and ...

The phrase power factor frequently is used in the electrical and power electronics industry. For example, home, office, and industrial electrical equipment often is fitted with power factor-corrected ...