PFC converters are widely used in appliances such as air conditioners, and washing machines, and must comply with international standards that require a unity power factor and low total harmonic distortion. However, when an AC input is rectified into ...
PFC converters are widely used in appliances such as air conditioners, and washing machines, and must comply with international standards that require a unity power factor and low total harmonic distortion. However, when an AC input is rectified into DC using a diode bridge, harmonic currents are generated on the input side. Therefore, the application of a PFC converter is essential to improve the input current quality. Among various PFC topologies, the boost PFC converter is the most commonly adopted due to its ability to step up the output voltage, maintain continuous input current for simplified control, and offer a simple structure with low implementation cost. In such converters, the average current is typically measured using a cost-effective shunt resistor. However, the measured current is distorted by ringing caused by switching noise, parasitic inductance, and capacitance components, making accurate average current measurement difficult. Therefore, it is essential to measure the average current in a region where the influence of ringing can be minimized. Moreover, a first-order LPF, which is commonly employed to mitigate the ringing effect, inevitably introduces a time delay, resulting in errors in current measurement. To address these issues, this paper proposes two complementary techniques. First, by comparing the inductor current slopes under different switching states, the sampling point is selected within the region where the current slope is sufficiently gentle, and the average inductor current corresponding to the control point is subsequently predicted. Second, the delay introduced by the LPF is mathematically modeled, and a compensation method depending on the duty ratio is presented to eliminate the transient state caused by this delay. Simulation and experimental results confirm that the proposed methods effectively remove transient state, minimize the effect of ringing, and enable accurate average current measurement in boost PFC converters.