Power Factor Correction Buck-Boost Converter for On-Board EV Charging Application

This work presents the power factor correction (PFC) buck-boost converter for on-board electric vehicle (EV) charging applications. The PFC buck-boost converter is designed to operate in discontinuous current conduction mode (DCCM), thus achieving natural PFC for the universal input voltage range. In addition, DCCM operation does not require input voltage or current sensors; as a result, the control is more reliable and economical than continuous current conduction mode (CCCM). Furthermore, the buck-boost converter switch operates in zero current switching (ZCS) which results in reduced switching losses and improves the efficiency. The detailed steady-state analysis, operating modes, and design analysis for DCCM operation are presented. To validate the theoretical studies, a closed-loop voltage mode control of the PFC buck-boost converter is developed and tested in a PSIM software environment. The simulation results uphold the converter analysis and achieve a high power factor and low total harmonic distortion (THD) for the universal input range.