Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a technique used to control the output voltage of inverters by adjusting the on and off periods of their components, thereby reducing harmonic distortion. Multiple Pulse Width Modulation (MPWM) improves upon single PWM by generating several pulses in each half cycle to further decrease harmonic content. The output frequency and voltage can be controlled through the modulation index and the reference signal frequency.
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a technique used to control the output voltage of inverters by adjusting the on and off periods of their components, thereby reducing harmonic distortion. Multiple Pulse Width Modulation (MPWM) improves upon single PWM by generating several pulses in each half cycle to further decrease harmonic content. The output frequency and voltage can be controlled through the modulation index and the reference signal frequency.
Pulse width modulation is the most commonly used technique to control
the output voltage of inverter. In pulse Width Modulation method, a fixed dc input voltage is given to the inverters and a controlled ac output voltage is obtained by adjusting the on and off periods of the inverter components. PWM is a technique that is used to reduce the overall harmonic distortion THD in a load current. It uses a pulse wave in square form that results in a variable average waveform value, after its pulse width has been modulated.
The main drawback of single PWM technique is high harmonic content. In
order to reduce the harmonic content, the multiple PWM technique is used, in which several pulses are given in each half cycle of output voltage. The generation of gating signal is achieved by comparing the reference signal of the amplitude (Ar) with a triangular carrier wave (Ac) as shown Figure below.
EE 8552- POWER ELECTRONICS
ROHINI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Figure 4.5.1 Multiple pulse width modulation
[Source: “Power Electronics” by P.S.Bimbra, Khanna Publishers Page: 352]
The output frequency (fo) is determined by the frequency of the
reference signal.The output voltage can be controlled by modulation index.