The document proposes a phase shifted semi-bridgeless boost power factor corrected converter for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle battery chargers. It aims to improve efficiency at light loads and low lines compared to conventional boost, bridgeless boost, and interleaved boost topologies. The proposed topology introduces two slow diodes to link the ground of the power factor correction stage to the input line while maintaining low conduction losses. Experimental results on a prototype show a power factor over 0.99 from 750W to 3.4kW, total harmonic distortion less than 5% from half to full load, and peak efficiency of 98.6% at 240V input and 1kW load. Loss analysis indicates the proposed topology eliminates large losses from input