Manufacturing and cost analysis of power-factor-correction circuits

This paper presents a comparative manufacturing (quality, performance, and reliability) and cost analysis of three different power factor correction approaches which are commonly used in the power supply industry. The three approaches evaluated in the paper are passive, active two-stage, and active single-stage power factor correction approaches. The analysis is aimed at exposing the manufacturing and cost advantages and disadvantages of each circuitry at different output power levels.

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