Muaj ob hom inverters, ib qho yog sine wave inverters, lwm qhov yog square wave inverters. Sinusoidal inverters tso zis tib yam lossis zoo dua sinusoidal AC raws li daim phiaj hluav taws xob peb siv niaj hnub, vim nws tsis muaj hluav taws xob muaj kuab paug hauv daim phiaj hluav taws xob. Square-wave inverters tso zis square-yoj AC nrog qhov tsis zoo, thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm qhov zoo rau qhov tsis zoo yog yuav luag tsim nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, uas muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev ntawm kev thauj khoom thiab cov inverters lawv tus kheej. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, nws lub peev xwm thauj khoom tsis zoo, tsuas yog 40-60% ntawm qhov ntsuas load, tsis tuaj yeem nqa inductive load. Yog hais tias lub load loj dhau lawm, qhov thib peb harmonic tivthaiv nyob rau hauv lub square yoj tam sim no yuav ua rau kom lub capacitive tam sim no ntws mus rau hauv lub load, thiab hnyav lub hwj chim lim capacitance ntawm lub load. Hauv kev pom ntawm qhov tsis txaus siab saum toj no, quasi-sinusoidal nthwv dej (lossis hloov kho sinusoidal yoj, hloov kho sinusoidal yoj, analog sinusoidal yoj, thiab lwm yam) inverters tau tshwm sim. Cov zis waveform ntawm quasi-sinusoidal yoj muaj lub sijhawm luv ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws tus nqi thiab qhov tsis zoo siab tshaj tus nqi, thiab cov nyhuv siv tau zoo dua. Txawm li cas los xij, lub waveform ntawm quasi-sinusoidal yoj tseem muaj cov kab folded, uas belongs rau qeb ntawm square yoj thiab muaj kev tsis zoo txuas ntxiv. Feem ntau hais lus, sine yoj inverters muab AC zoo, tuaj yeem tsav txhua yam kev thauj khoom, tab sis cov kev cai thiab cov nqi siab. Quasi-sinusoidal yoj inverters tuaj yeem ua tau raws li feem ntau ntawm peb cov kev thov hluav taws xob, nrog kev ua haujlwm siab, suab nrov thiab tus nqi nruab nrab, yog li lawv tau dhau los ua cov khoom lag luam tseem ceeb hauv kev ua lag luam. Square yoj inverters yog fabricated nrog yooj yim multi-resonator, uas belongs rau theem ntawm lub xyoo 1950s thiab yuav maj mam thim tawm ntawm lub khw.
Inverters tau muab faib ua thee hluav taws xob inverters, hnub ci inverters, cua inverters thiab nuclear inverters raws li qhov sib txawv zog. Raws li kev siv sib txawv, nws tuaj yeem muab faib ua ywj siab tswj inverters thiab daim phiaj sib txuas inverters. Nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, hnub ci zog inverters muaj ntau npaum li cas nyob rau hauv cov teb chaws Europe thiab lub tebchaws United States. Tus qauv European yog 97.2%, tab sis tus nqi kim dua. Kev ua tau zoo ntawm lwm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv tsev yog qis dua 90%, tab sis tus nqi pheej yig dua li ntawm cov tuaj txawv teb chaws. Ntxiv nrog rau lub zog thiab waveform, qhov ua tau zoo ntawm kev xaiv cov inverter kuj tseem ceeb heev. Qhov kev ua tau zoo dua, lub zog tsawg dua yuav raug nkim rau ntawm cov inverter thiab ntau lub zog yuav siv rau hauv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum koj siv cov tshuab hluav taws xob tsawg.