Title :
Real time harmonic elimination using a modified carrier
Author :
Patangia, Hirak ; Gourisetti, Sri Nikhil Gupta
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA
Abstract :
The paper proposes a harmonic elimination technique that is based on comparison modulation with a modified carrier. Typically, selective harmonic elimination method calculates the switching angles offline using iterative computations and programmed into a digital processor. Here we are advancing a modulation-based harmonic elimination technique to remove the unwanted harmonics. It is a novel PWM method where a reference sinusoid with the desired signal frequency is compared against a modified carrier signal with the same time period as the reference. Simulation and laboratory studies are included.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; harmonics suppression; iterative methods; modulators; switched networks; PWM method; RF circuit; digital processor; iterative computation; laboratory study; modified carrier signal; real time modulation-based harmonic elimination technique; reference sinusoidal; signal frequency; switched modulator; switching angles offline calculation; unwanted harmonics removal; Equations; Harmonic analysis; Mathematical model; Power harmonic filters; Pulse width modulation; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Communications and Computers (CONIELECOMP), 2012 22nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cholula, Puebla
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1326-2
DOI :
10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2012.6189923