I am outputting a PWM signal, but the problem is that I can't generate a complementary PWM signal with dead time because this timer channel doesn't support it. So I want to use/buy an integrated circuit (IC) that generates a complementary PWM signal if I feed the PWM signal into it (with dead time). Is there such an IC available on the market?
Electronic – How to generate complementary PWM signal using an IC (integrated circuit)
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You can do this in software and keep track of all the required timing yourself, but most microcontrollers have hardware that can generate PWM autonomous after you initialize it. The basic things are a timer/counter and an Output Compare Register (OCR):
The counter continuously increments, represented by the slope, and is compared with the OCR. The PWM output goes low when the counter exceeds the OCR, and goes high again when it resets. The 5 % resolution you need (20 steps) is not a problem; a 16 bit timer can generate PWM with a better than 0.002 % resolution, and even an 8 bit timer can do 0.4 %.
All you have to do is program a new value in the OCR. The lower the value, the smaller the pulse width. The following animation is from this site:
Further reading
Using the AVR’s High-speed PWM, an Atmel application note.
ATMega32 datasheet describes on page 69 ff. how to use Timer0 for PWM operation.
The second of those datasheets talks about using a 1khz PWM signal internally for communicating, so I suspect transmitting PWM through them will not work.
Best Answer
A typical way of producing what is required (deadtime & complimentary level) is via an R-C network (to produce a delayed waveform) and then feeding the two waveforms into suitable logic gates
for completeness, a similar reply by Andy aka