The Fourier coefficients for the line-to-line voltages for the three-phase PWM switching scheme

are related to those of single-phase bipolar PWM (Vn in Table 8-3) by (8-43) where
(8-44)
Significant Fourier coefficients are listed in Table 8-8. Bn3

Vn cosan
2 bsinan
3 b An3

Vn sinan
2 bsinan
3 b Vn3

2A2 n3 B2 n3
Table 8-8 Normalized Amplitudes Vn3/Vdc for Line-to-Line Three-Phase PWM Voltages
ma

1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 n

1 0.866 0.779 0.693 0.606 0.520 0.433 0.346 0.260 0.173 0.087 mf

2 0.275 0.232 0.190 0.150 0.114 0.081 0.053 0.030 0.013 0.003 2mf

1 0.157 0.221 0.272 0.307 0.321 0.313 0.282 0.232 0.165 0.086
Multilevel Three-Phase Inverters Each of the multilevel inverters described in Sec. 8.9 can be
expanded to threephase applications. Figure 8-30 shows a three-phase diode-clamped multilevel
inverter circuit. This circuit can be operated to have a stepped-level output similar to the six-step
converter, or, as is most often the case, it can be operated to have a pulse-width-modulated
output.
8.16 PSPICE SIMULATION OF THREE-PHASE INVERTERS Six-Step Three-Phase Inverters
PSpice circuits that will simulate a six-step three-phase inverter are shown in Fig. 8-31. The first
circuit is for a complete switching scheme described in Fig. 8-28. Voltage-controlled switches
with feedback diodes are used for switching. (The full version of PSpice is required for this
circuit.) The second circuit is for generating the appropriate output voltages for the converter so
load currents can be analyzed. The output nodes of the inverter are nodes A, B, and C. The
parameters shown are those in Example 8-12.
PWM Three-Phase Inverters The circuit in Fig. 8-32 produces the voltages of the PWM three-
phase inverter without showing the switching details. Dependent sources compare sine waves to
a triangular carrier wave, as in Example 8-8 for the single-phase case