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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Young-bae Park, Anyang, KR;
Sang Cheol Moon, Bucheon, KR;
Byoung Heon Kim, Bucheon, KR;
Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd., Bucheon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a power factor correction circuit and a driving method thereof. The power factor correction circuit receives an input voltage and maintains an output voltage at a constant level by controlling switching operation of a power switch connected to an inductor that supplies the output voltage. In this case, the power factor correction circuit controls switching operation of the power switch by differentiating a control structure for an output voltage respectively according to a stabilization period during which the output voltage is constantly maintained and a start-up period during which the output voltage is increased before being stabilized. In addition, the power factor correction circuit controls the switching operation of the power switch according to the control structure of the start-up period during a predetermined correction delay period from a time that the stabilization period starts.