Abstract—A single phase rectification technique with a new architecture and control scheme is proposed. The new circuit is constructed by connecting a single bidirectional switch and capacitor in parallel to the diode bridge rectifier. The control strategy is carefully designed to ensure the output voltage of the rectifier is above a chosen threshold and to maintain a high input power factor with reduced line current harmonics. Circuit configuration, design parameters, principles of opera- tion and the mathematical analysis are presented. The proposed concept is verified by the experimental results over a range of cases studies. The experimental results are in accordance with the presented theory and confirmed the high input power factor with low harmonics content. Index Terms—Single phase rectifier; Bidirectional switch; Power factor correction; Total harmonic distortion.