At one time, almost all electrical loads were linear — those that weren't made up such a small portion of the total that they had little effect on electrical system operation. That all changed, ...

Harmonic distortion arises when electrical waveforms deviate from their ideal sinusoidal shape, typically through the proliferation of nonlinear loads such as power electronic converters, ...

Using sophisticated power electronics and communications systems to improve power system efficiency, flexibility and reliability is increasing interharmonic distortion and putting new equipment ...

The proliferation of end-use electrical and electronic loads in customer facilities — residential, commercial, and industrial — is not slowing down. Despite economic pressures, utility customers are ...

The project was built and designed to measure the quality of AC voltage using a harmonic distortion meter based on PIC18F2550. The project was built and designed to measure the quality of AC voltage ...

A critical measure for all audio components is distortion, typically specified as total harmonic distortion (THD) or total harmonic distortion + noise (THD+N). THD is defined as: ... THD+N is the rms ...

Many continuous-conduction-mode PFC controllers use a nonisolated boost topology with average current-mode control. Examples of such controllers are the UC1852, UC1854/UC1854A/UC1854B family and the ...

We all know what distortion sounds like. We’ve heard it in heavy metal tunes, cheap iPod docks and the crummy speakers at Taco Bell drive-thrus. And we’ve all read distortion specs on things like ...

Harmonic distortion arises when electrical waveforms deviate from their ideal sinusoidal shape, a phenomenon commonly introduced by non-linear devices such as power electronic converters, ...