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This paper presents a novel technique for controlling the Power Factor Correction (PFC) of a two-stage converter. The proposed solution operates the PFC in a special intermittent mode at a medium or light load. As a result, the flyback converter stage can be optimized to operate within a tight input voltage range, thus obtaining better efficiency and more compactness compared to a traditionally controlled two-stage converter. Circuit models of the converter have been developed to test the goodness of the proposed solution.
Cacciotto, F.; Torrisi, S.; Aiello, G.; Rizzo, S.A.
A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters. Electronics2025, 14, 538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
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Cacciotto F, Torrisi S, Aiello G, Rizzo SA.
A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters. Electronics. 2025; 14(3):538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
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Cacciotto, Fabio, Salvatore Torrisi, Giovanni Aiello, and Santi Agatino Rizzo.
2025. "A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters" Electronics 14, no. 3: 538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
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Cacciotto, F., Torrisi, S., Aiello, G., & Rizzo, S. A.
(2025). A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters. Electronics, 14(3), 538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
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Cacciotto, F.; Torrisi, S.; Aiello, G.; Rizzo, S.A.
A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters. Electronics2025, 14, 538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
AMA Style
Cacciotto F, Torrisi S, Aiello G, Rizzo SA.
A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters. Electronics. 2025; 14(3):538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
Chicago/Turabian Style
Cacciotto, Fabio, Salvatore Torrisi, Giovanni Aiello, and Santi Agatino Rizzo.
2025. "A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters" Electronics 14, no. 3: 538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
APA Style
Cacciotto, F., Torrisi, S., Aiello, G., & Rizzo, S. A.
(2025). A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters. Electronics, 14(3), 538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030538
Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.
