The application provides an AC-
DC converter and a controller thereof, and relates to the technical field of AC-DC
converters. The controller for the AC-
DC converter comprises a
rectifier circuit for converting an AC input
voltage into a DC output
voltage, and the controller uses
control logic to control the
rectifier circuit according to two or more operating
modes. Each operating mode of the
rectifier circuit has a
voltage gain, and each operating mode determines the
gain of the rectifier circuit. The controller selects one operating mode from the two or more operating
modes based on at least one of an AC input voltage value and a required DC output voltage value. The AC-
DC converter provides a wide range of DC output voltage and
power factor correction. The controller can be used with AC-DC converter topologies such as boost
converters, isolated boost
converters, PWM converters, LLC resonant converters and LCC resonant converters. Through the controller, the AC-DC converter can achieve optimal performance within a wide
voltage variation range.