Improved dead-time compensation for sinusoidal PWM inverters operating at high switching frequencies

Alexandre Cunha Oliveira, Cursino Brandão Jacobina, Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima

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Abstract

This paper proposes a technique to compensate the effects of dead time in sinusoidal pulsewidth-modulated voltage-source inverters. The compensation is implemented by adjusting the switching frequency to avoid unfeasible pulsewidths of the gating signals, as well as to minimize the total harmonic distortion of the inverter output voltage. The technique can be used at any switching frequency, but the best results are obtained in the high-frequency range. The experimental results of the proposed technique that is applied in a three-phase induction motor drive system are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2295-2304
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dead time
  • Harmonic distortion
  • Sinusoidal pulsewidth modulation (PWM)
  • Voltage-source converter

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