%0 Journal Article %A B. Lonla Moffo and J. Mbihi and L. Nneme Nneme %D 2014 %J International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 87, 2014 %T A Low Cost and High Quality Duty-Cycle Modulation Scheme and Applications %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997897 %V 87 %X In this paper, a low cost duty-cycle modulation scheme is studied in depth and compared to the standard pulse width modulation technique. Using a mix of analytical reasoning and electronics simulation tools, it is shown that under the same operating conditions, most characteristics of the proposed duty-cycle modulation scheme are better than those provided by a standard pulse width modulation technique. The simulation results obtained when testing both modulation control policies on prototyping systems, indicate that the proposed duty-cycle modulation approach, appears to be a high quality control policy in a wide variety of application areas, including A/D and D/A conversion, signal transmission and switching control in power electronics. %P 576 - 582