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inverter is called sine-triangle comparison or the subharmonic method. 30 The method is illustrated<br />

in Figure 4.14. The sinusoidal commands are compared with a carrier whose frequency ( f tri ) is<br />

several times greater than the frequency of the command ( f 1,<br />

called the modulating frequency).<br />

The error is fed to a zero- hysteresis comparator to generate the switching signal. The first<br />

important characteristic is that the switching frequency is fixed by the carrier. The second is that<br />

the amplitude of the fundamental output ( V 1 ) is linearly proportional to the ratio of the amplitude<br />

of the reference ( ref V ) to the amplitude of the carrier ( V tri ). The ratio is called the amplitude<br />

modulation index ( m a ) and is given by Equation (4.2). The maximum possible amplitude is<br />

therefore equal to V DC .<br />

V1ma VDC<br />

(4.1)<br />

m<br />

V<br />

ref<br />

a (4.2)<br />

Vtri<br />

Figure 4.14 – Sine-triangle PWM.<br />

Clearly the output will contain harmonics in addition to the desired fundamental frequency.<br />

Harmonic components at multiples of the modulating frequency are called baseband harmonics<br />

[70, p.103]. These are the low-order harmonics dealt with throughout this report that are<br />

undesirable in normal sinusoidal operation because they produce the familiar harmonic distortion.<br />

30 The author does not claim any knowledge regarding the implementation of PWM in real designs. There<br />

are several fundamental aspects with which the author is unfamiliar, such as the distinctions between<br />

naturally sampled and regularly sampled PWM, triangle and sawtooth carriers, symmetrical and<br />

asymmetrical sampling, and single- and double-edge modulation, and the performance differences between<br />

analog and digital implementations, among others. The author does not claim that the version of sinetriangle<br />

PWM shown here is used in practice. (According to one reference, “The major [non-SV]<br />

modulation strategies for a VSI are analog natural sampled sine-triangle PWM [and] regular sampled<br />

PWM…” [70, p.337].) It is obvious that some form is used and the method given here is used only as an<br />

illustration of the concept and for comparison to SVM.<br />

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