This document summarizes a research paper that proposes a speed control scheme for a permanent magnet brushless DC motor (PMBLDCM) used to drive an air conditioner compressor. A half-bridge buck DC-DC converter is used as a single-stage power factor correction converter, with a diode bridge rectifier feeding the converter from a single-phase AC mains. The converter regulates the DC link voltage supplied to a voltage source inverter driving the PMBLDCM. Speed control is achieved by varying the DC link voltage proportionally to the desired motor speed. Simulation results demonstrate improved efficiency of the proposed drive system with power factor correction features over a wide speed and input voltage range.