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11 EE462L H Bridge Inverter

The document provides instructions for building an H-bridge inverter circuit to convert a 35-40V DC power source to 60Hz AC power between 100-200W. It details building the circuit using MOSFETs, capacitors, and a PWM controller. It then guides testing the circuit by viewing voltage waveforms with an oscilloscope and gradually increasing the load and DC input voltage while monitoring heat and output power. Proper operation is indicated by the MOSFET heat sinks warming slightly and uniformly to around 69W output with a 35V DC input and 18.6Vrms AC output across a 5 ohm resistor load.

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11 EE462L H Bridge Inverter

The document provides instructions for building an H-bridge inverter circuit to convert a 35-40V DC power source to 60Hz AC power between 100-200W. It details building the circuit using MOSFETs, capacitors, and a PWM controller. It then guides testing the circuit by viewing voltage waveforms with an oscilloscope and gradually increasing the load and DC input voltage while monitoring heat and output power. Proper operation is indicated by the MOSFET heat sinks warming slightly and uniformly to around 69W output with a 35V DC input and 18.6Vrms AC output across a 5 ohm resistor load.

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EE462L, Power Electronics, H-Bridge Inverter

Version March 30, 2014


I. Introduction. In this experiment, you will build the H-Bridge portion of your inverter, connect your
PWM control circuit to it, and then convert 35-40Vdc power to 60Hz ac, 100 200W.

II. Build the Circuit. DO NOT use the optional output filter.

C1s are 100F, 160V low ESR. C2s are 0.01F, 50-100V ceramic.
Others 100F caps are 25V, low ESR.

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1. No DBR yet.
2. Join your PWM controller to the H-Bridge using two sets of nylon screws and threaded
spacers. To connect the +,-,A,GND,B,GND holes, lay small #22 wires from hole to hole,
soldering them on top of the boards.
3. Power up the PWM controller, using an AC wall wart for Vcont. The AC wall warts have
yellow paint, and some have audio plug outputs.
4. Make sure your PWM controller is working properly, e.g., Vtridc, VAB symmetry, in linear
and overmodulation.
5. One by one, use a scope to view VGS on each MOSFET. With Vcont = 0, you should see
50% duty cycle waveforms. As you increase Vcont, the VGS waveforms begin to sweep
through the duty cycle variation as determined by the H-Bridge comparator logic.

With Vcont = 0, each VGS is steady as shown As you raise Vcont, each VGS takes on the
Above periodic duty cycle width as determined by the
PWM control logic
6. With no load on the H-Bridge output, slowly raise variac/transformer/DBR to the usual 35-
40Vdc. If you see any steady variac ammeter reading, or blow a fuse, you have a short circuit
someplace that must be resolved. View H-Bridge output Vac on a scope.
7. Turn off the variac and rotate the dial to zero.
8. Connect a 5 power resistor to the H-Bridge output, then turn it on and raise the variac so
that the DBR output voltage is 10V.

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9. View the PWM controllers VAB output, and adjust Vcont so that you are just below the
overmodulation point. Then, move the scope probe to view Vac across the 5 load resistor.
My multimeter reading was 5.6Vrms.

10. Slowly increase Vdc to about 35V. The AC voltage on my 5 load resistor rose to about
18.6Vrms, which corresponds to 69W. Operate for about 5 minutes and feel the MOSFET
heat sinks. They should be slightly and uniformly warm.

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11. My AC voltage waveform improved considerably when I used CF = 4.7nF, which
corresponded to a triangle wave frequency of 44 kHz.

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