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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
In Yong Yeo, Bucheon-si, KR;
Woo Young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Gyu Yeong Choe, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Young Yang, Hanam-si, KR;
Ji Han Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Si Hun Yang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young Jin Kim, Incheon, KR;
Min Seong Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Jong Pil Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a power factor correction circuit including a plurality of legs connected in parallel and each leg including two switching devices connected in series, a plurality of inductors, each inductor having one terminal connected to an interconnection node of the two switching devices in a corresponding one of the plurality of legs, and a controller configured to control on/off states of the switching devices of the plurality of legs in a pulse width modulation manner such that each of the inductors of the plurality of inductors is built up twice or more in one switching period of the switching devices when an alternating current (AC) voltage is input to the other terminal of each inductor of the plurality of inductors.