A brief outline of convertor harmonic theory is given. The paper also describes the non-linearity which generates the harmonics in large convertors. A summary is given of the recent work carried out by the author and colleagues on the calculation of harmonics in non-ideal convertors with both ac and dc impedance represented.
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