Power Electronics Lab session 11

Single-Phase Full Bridge Inverter

Object
To understand and design a circuit of a Single-Phase Full Bridge Inverter.

Theory
An inverter is an electrical device that converts direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC)[1]; the AC
signal can be at any required voltage and frequency with the use of appropriate transformers, switching,
and control circuits. Four switches are used to generate an AC waveform at the output from the DC
source. Any semiconductor switch like IGBT, MOSFET or BJT can be used.

Calculations
For Resistive Load
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For RL Load
The Fourier series of the output voltage signal vo can be given by:

From above equation, one can obtain the peak and effective values of the fundamental
component of the output as

Design Parameters used in simulation

𝑉𝑖𝑛 = 100V (DC)
𝑉𝑜 = ±100V (AC)
𝑅𝐿 = 50Ω, 𝑓𝑠 = 50Hz
Power Electronics Lab session 11
Power Electronics Lab session 11
Power Electronics Lab session 11