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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to compensate for power factor loss using a phasor cancellation based compensation scheme
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Application No.: US18302848Application Date: 2023-04-19
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Publication No.: US12051969B2Publication Date: 2024-07-30
- Inventor: Manish Bhardwaj
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Brian D. Graham; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M1/42
- IPC: H02M1/42 ; H02M7/217

Abstract:
Example power factor correction circuits to correct the power factor of power converters are disclosed. An example power factor correction controller circuit includes a phase locked loop phase angle determiner to determine a first phase angle of an input voltage of the power converter and further includes a compensating current determiner to determine, based on the phase angle, a compensating current to compensate for a capacitive current introduced by at least one filter capacitor of the power converter. The power factor correction controller circuit further includes a switch controller to cause a controlled current drawn by a power stage of the power converter to be adjusted by the compensating current to reduce a phase offset between the first phase angle of the input voltage and a second phase angle of the input current drawn at an input of the power converter.
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