POWER ELECTRONICS
Devices, Circuits, and Applications
FOURTH EDITION
CHAPTER
APPENDIX
C
Switching Functions
of Converters
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Figure C.1 Single-phase converter structure.
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Equation C.1 Single-phase Converter Structure
• For a voltage source, the output voltage
Vo(θ) can be related to input voltage Vi(θ)
by
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Equations C.2 and C.3 Single-phase Converter Structure
• Neglecting the losses in the converter
switches and using power balance gives us
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Figure C.2 Switching function of single-phase full-bridge inverter.
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Equations C.9 and C.10 Switching Function of Single-phase Full-bridge Inverter
• Substituting A0, An, and Bn in Eq. (C.8)
yields
• If the input voltage, which is dc, is Vi(θ) =
Vs, Eq. (C.1) gives the output voltage as
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Figure C.3 Switching function with SPWM.
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Equations C.17 and C.18 Switching Function with SPWM
• Due to quarter-wave symmetry, Bn = A0 =
0. Substituting A0, An, and Bn in Eq. (C.15)
yields
• If the input voltage is Vi(θ) = Vs, Eqs.
(C.1) and (C.17) give the output voltage
as
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