A Multi-Frequency Input-Admittance Model of Locomotive Rectifier Considering PWM Sideband Harmonic Coupling in Electrical Railways

arXiv:2607.09275 2026 Dynamics 1 ideas extracted · analyzed Aug 30, 2026

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The paper contributes a non-averaged small-signal mechanism: periodic PWM modulation couples a perturbation at frequency \(\omega\) to sidebands \(\omega+k\omega_s\), so a conventional single-frequency admittance can give an incorrect stability prediction above roughly half the switching frequency. Its transferable asset is a finite harmonic-transfer or lifted model whose spectral condition retains these cross-frequency couplings instead of averaging them away. A practical neural-network analogue is an aliasing-aware stability monitor and controller for periodically modulated optimizers, recurrent state-space models, or gated layers, where the predicted instability boundary can be compared directly with the boundary from an averaged Jacobian.

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Sideband-Aware Stability Monitor for Periodic Training

Replace the usual averaged Jacobian test for a periodically modulated neural update with a finite harmonic-transfer model that explicitly couples perturbation frequencies separated by the modulation frequency. Use the resulting lifted spectral radius to cap the learning rate or reduce modulation amplitude when sideband interactions create an instability that is invisible in the averaged model.

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Paper: A Multi-Frequency Input-Admittance Model of Locomotive Rectifier Considering PWM Sideband Harmonic Coupling in Electrical Railways arXiv:2607.09275