SUMMARYThis paper proposes a novel single stage single switch resonant inverter with high power factor for electronic ballast. The power factor correction circuit is at the input side. It is designed to operate at discontinuous conduction mode. The lamp power is controlled by adjusting the duty ratio of the active switch of the power factor correction circuit. The circuit operation is analyzed in detail to derive the design equations. Circuit parameters are designed based on design considerations. Finally, prototype electronic ballast for a 40-W compact fluorescent lamp is built and tested. The efficiency and the performance of the proposed converter are verified for the designed prototype.

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In this paper, we report a novel single‐switch AC to DC step‐down converter suitable for light emitting diodes. The proposed topology has a buck and a buck–boost converter. The circuit is designed to operate in the discontinuous conduction mode in order to improve the power factor. In this topology, a part of the input power is connected to the load directly. This feature of the proposed topology increases the efficiency of power conversion, improves the input power factor, produces less voltage stress on intermediate stages, and reduces the output voltage in the absence of a step‐down transformer. The theoretical analysis, design procedure, and performance of the proposed converter are verified by simulation and experiment. A 36 V, 60 W prototype has been built to demonstrate the merits of this circuit. © 2017 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

This article presents a power supply using an LCC resonant converter having power factor correction with burst mode operation. In order to improve the performance from no load to full load, a microcontroller with an active control has been introduced. The light load efficiency is increased using burst mode operation. The proposed controller provides zero voltage switching. Mathematical analysis is done, and steady state characteristics are drawn. A simple design example is given based on the equations. The proposed converter has good efficiency with good power factor at all loading conditions. This is shown by the simulation and experimental results obtained through testing the prototype.