PWM Timing and Waveform Generator (Three-phase, Two-level)
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Pulse Width Modulation
Description
The PWM Timing and Waveform Generator (Three-phase, Two-level) block controls switching behavior for a three-phase, two-level power converter. The block calculates on-gating and off-gating times and modulation waves based on these block inputs:
Three sinusoidal reference voltages
A DC-link voltage
This block can be used with average converters to speed up the simulation.
Continuous and Discontinuous PWM
The block provides modes for both continuous and discontinuous pulse width modulation (PWM). The figure shows the general difference between continuous sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) and continuous space vector modulation (SVM) waveforms.
For discontinuous pulse width modulation (DPWM), the block clamps the modulation wave to the positive or negative DC rail for a total of 120 degrees during each fundamental period. During the clamping intervals, modulation discontinues.
A waveform with 30-degree DPWM has four 30-degree intervals per fundamental period.
Selecting a positive or negative 30-degree phase shift affects the clamping intervals for 60-degree DPWM.
The figure shows the waveforms for positive and negative DC clamping for 120-degree DPWM.
Sampling Mode
This block allows you to choose natural, symmetric, or asymmetric sampling of the modulation wave.
The PWM Timing and Waveform Generator (Three-phase, Two-level) block does not perform carrier-based PWM. Instead, the block uses input signals to calculate the gating times.
Carrier-based PWM is, however, useful for showing how the sampling mode that you select relates to the switch-on and switch-off behavior of the pulses that the block generates. A generator that uses a two-level, carrier-based PWM method:
Samples a reference wave
Compares the sample to a triangle carrier wave
Generates a switch-on pulse if a sample is higher than the carrier signal or a switch-off pulse if a sample is lower than the carrier wave
To determine switch-on and switch-off pulse behavior, a two-level carrier-based PWM generator uses these methods to sample the triangle wave:
Natural — The sampling and comparison occur at the intersection points of the modulation wave and the carrier wave.
Asymmetric — Sampling occurs at the upper and lower boundaries of the carrier wave. The comparison occurs at the intersection that follows the sampling.
Symmetric — Sampling occurs at only the upper boundary of the carrier wave. The comparison occurs at the intersection that follows the sampling.
Ports
Input
Output
Parameters
References
[1] Chung, D. W., J. S. Kim, and S. K. Sul. “Unified Voltage Modulation Technique for Real Time Three-Phase Power Conversion.” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1998, pp. 374–380.
[2] Seo, J. H., C. H. Choi, and D. S. Hyun. “A new simplified space-vector PWM method for three-level inverters.” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2001, pp. 545-550.
Extended Capabilities
Version History
Introduced in R2020b