Embodiments of the invention provide a single-phase
inverter. The single-phase
inverter is characterized in that: a positive terminal of a
direct current power supply is connected with a negative terminal of the
direct current power supply through a first, a second, a seventh and an eighth switch tubes, wherein the first, the second, the seventh and the eighth switch tubes are connected in series successively; the positive terminal of the
direct current power supply is connected with the negative terminal of the direct current power supply through a fifth, a sixth, a third and a fourth switch tubes, wherein the fifth, the sixth, the third and the fourth switch tubes are connected in series successively; a second terminal of the first switch tube forms a
short circuit with the second terminal of the fifth switch tube; the second terminal of the third switch tube forms the
short circuit with the second terminal of the seventh switch tube; the second terminal of the second switch tube and the second terminal of the sixth switch tube are an alternating-current output terminal of the single-phase
inverter; the second switch tube is parallelly connected with a second
diode in a reverse direction; the third switch tube is parallelly connected with a third
diode in the reverse direction; the sixth switch tube is parallelly connected with a sixth
diode in the reverse direction; the seventh switch tube is parallelly connected with a seventh diode in the reverse direction. By using the single-phase inverter in the embodiments of the invention, an output
power quality of the inverter can be increased.