EE 4109

Lecture 04

Sinusoidal
Sin soidal P
Pulse
lse Width
Modulation (SPWM)
( )
Reference Book: Power Electronics: Circuits
Circuits, Devices
Devices, and Applications
by Muhammad H. Rashid

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This lecture is for Learning Outcome 3 (LO 3):

At the end of the course students will be able

to identify and design DC-AC converters
(inverters) and their gate driver circuits

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 Sinusoidal Pulse-Width
Pulse Width Modulation

• In multiple-pulse
multiple pulse modulation
modulation, all pulses are
the same width

• Vary the pulse width according to the

amplitude
lit d off a sine
i wave evaluated
l t d att th
the
center of the same pulse

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 Generate the gating signal

2 Reference Signals, vr, -vr

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Comparing the carrier and reference signals
• Generate g1 signal by comparison with vr
• Generate g4 signal
g by
y comparison
p with -vr

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Potential problem if Q1 and Q4 try to turn ON
att the
th same time!
ti !

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 If we prevent the problem

Output voltage is low when g1 and g4 are

both high
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 This composite signal is difficult to generate

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 Generate the same gate pulses with one
sine
i wave

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 Alternate scheme

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 rms output voltage

• Depends on the modulation index

index, M

p 
V V V
2p

 m
o S
 S

m 1

Where δm is the width of the mth pulse

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 Harmonic Profile

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 Compare with multiple-pulse case for p=5

Distortion Factor is considerably less

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 Over modulation

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 Modified SPWM

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 Modified SPWM

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 Self Studyy
Detail of Modified SPWM
and
phase displacement control

End of Lecture 4

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