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Pulse width modulated inverter machine drive

US4377779A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1980
Grant dateMar 22, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P27/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Improved operation of a pulse width modulated inverter machine drive system is obtained by a control apparatus which regulates inverter switching device conduction by modifying switching signal waveforms transmitted to the inverter to eliminate switching pulses narrower than the minimum inverter switching device pulse width. By dropping the narrow inverter switching pulses in sequence during the exact interval which the pulses would otherwise occur and boosting the amplitude of remaining pulses, the control apparatus permits the inverter to smoothly transition from pulse width modulation operation to square wave operation without objectionable jumps in inverter output voltage.

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