20Power Converters
OBJECTIVES: After studying this chapter, you will be able to
- Describe what an inverter is
- Make a single-phase square-wave inverter
- Understand a three-phase inverter
- Define terms such as firing angle and freewheel diode and their purposes
- Describe how output of a rectifier is controlled
- Describe how output of an inverter is controlled
- Explain what a power converter is
- Describe the structure of a thyristor-based converter
- Explain how a converter can be used as a rectifier or as an inverter
- Define pulse width modulation
- Define what pulse width modulation can be used for
- Understand single-phase and three-phase use of inverters based on PWM
- Define amplitude and frequency modulation ratios
New terms: Amplitude modulation ratio, ...
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