A Computer Aided Analysis and Design Approach for Static Voltage Source Inverters

The relative success of the "cut and try" method has made the design of static power converters more of an ‘art’ than a ‘science’. As a result, no comprehensive analysis approach is available today that can be used to design static converters with a good degree of confidence. Some important aspects of this problem-concerning mainly static voltage source inverters-are treated in this paper within the framework of a generalized analysis and design method. The subject approach utilizes the switching function concept to derive relevant analytical expressions, and digital simulation to obtain relevant design data.