TIDUET7G September 2019 – October 2023
The totem pole bridgeless PFC is an old structure that has been presented for many years, but it has not been applied in products because of the poor reverse recovery performance of the MOSFET's body diode. However, in recent years, benefitting from GaN HEMT's no reverse recovery feature, the totem pole PFC is now being applied and and has become a simple structure. Generally, the totem pole PFC has one fast-switching leg and one slow-switching leg. The slow-switching leg can use both a rectifier diode or MOSFET. When using a MOSFET as a slow-switching leg, the totem pole PFC can achieve higher efficiency and bidirectional power conversion between the AC side and the DC side.