march 2014 docid024230 rev 1 1/15 AN4250 application note fishbone diagram for power factor correction rosario costanzo, gianluca messina, antonino gaito introduction this report aims to show through a fishbone diagram, all possible causes of failure of the power mosfet mounted on a pfc. this work is divided into 5 sections: ? the first one describes the power factor ? the second describes the boost converter ? the third describes the pfc system ? the forth paragraph shows all critical conditions causing the failure of the power mosfet and builds up the fishbone diagram ? last paragraph presents a specific fishbone parallel configuration www.st.com
contents AN4250 2/15 docid024230 rev 1 contents 1 power factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 boost converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 power factor correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 fishbone diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 fishbone diagram for power mosfet in parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
docid024230 rev 1 3/15 AN4250 power factor 15 1 power factor in the power electrical circuit, the power factor represents an index measuring the available main power used. the general power factor definition is given by the ratio between the active power and the apparent power: equation 1 its value varies from 0 to 1. in the efficient system, the value of the power factor should be equal to 1. in the classic graetz rectifier with capacitive filter, the voltage and current waveforms are not sinusoidal. figure 1. schematics of a single phase diode bridge rectifier the sinusoidal voltage main is expressed by the following equation: equation 2 the current expression, not being sinusoidal, can be represented in fourier series: equation 3 the active power is given by the following formula: equation 4 apparent p active p s p f p . . . . = = d1 1n4148 d2 1n4148 d3 1n4148 d4 1n4148 100 c1 r1 1k v1 sine(0 12 50 0 0 0) ;tran 2 .tran 50ms
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