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Sinusoidal Pulse-Width Modulation

In multiple-pulse modulation, all pulses are
the same width
Vary the pulse width according to the
amplitude of a sine wave evaluated at the
center of the same pulse
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Generate the gating signal
2 Reference Signals, v
r
, -v
r

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Comparing the carrier and reference signals
Generate g
1
signal by comparison with v
r

Generate g
4
signal by comparison with -v
r

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Comparing the carrier and reference signals
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Potential problem if Q
1
and Q
4
try to turn ON
at the same time!
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If we prevent the problem
Output voltage is low when g
1
and g
4
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 wave
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Alternate scheme
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rms output voltage
Depends on the modulation index, M

2
1
p
m
o S S
m
p
V V V
o o
t t
=
=
Where
m
is the width of the mth pulse
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Fourier coefficients of the output voltage
( ) ( )
2
1
4 3
sin sin sin
4 4 4
1, 3, 5, ..
p
S m m m
n m m
m
V n
B n n
n
n
o o o
o t o
t
=

(
= + + +
(

=
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Harmonic Profile
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Compare with multiple-pulse case for p=5
Distortion Factor is considerably less