%0 Journal Article %T A new three-phase rectifier circuit using the partial switching strategy for a high power factor and a harmonic restraint %A Hikaru Aoki %A Kenji Amei %A Kyohei Kiyota %A Riku Furukawa %A Takahisa Ohji %J Journal of International Council on Electrical Engineering %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1080/22348972.2019.1630092 %X ABSTRACT This paper describes a new three-phase rectifier circuit using the partial switching strategy. A passive method to be composed of a diode rectifier circuit and an active method with the high-frequency switching were used for the circuit to convert from A.C. into D.C. mainly. However, the passive method and the active method had a problem of low power factor and low efficiency, each other. In contrast, the partial switching strategy realizes high efficiency and high power factor and low harmonics to a moderate degree. Therefore the single-phase partial switching voltage doubler rectifier circuit was applied to air conditioner. By the superior performance, most air conditioner adopts the partial switching strategy. In this paper, circuit configuration and a principle of operation and the experimental result of the three-phase partial switching rectifier circuit are reported %U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22348972.2019.1630092