A line-voltage-sensorless control for three-phase pulse-width-modulated (PW
M) synchronous rectifiers is presented. A line synchronisation and unity po
wer factor control are described. Indirect synchronisation without sensing
the line voltage allows a standard vector-controlled inverter to be used as
a synchronous rectifier without requiring any additional hardware. Further
more. the line synchronisation can be operated properly under line-voltage
distortion or notching and line-frequency variation. It is shown via experi
mental results that the proposed controller gives good performance for the
synchronous rectifier.