Answer to Question #288241 in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Khushi

Question

How the number of ripples is related to the number of harmonics in the

synthesis of the periodic train of square pulse?

Answer 1

Ripple itself is a composite (non-sinusoidal) waveform consisting of harmonics of some fundamental frequency which is usually the original AC line frequency, but in the case of switched-mode power supplies, It implies that ripples are 30% of the number of harmonics