I was trying to research about an automatic phase splitter project for 3 phase induction motor but Google will give me results for automatic phase inverters. When i tried to find the definition, it confused me and i couldn't point out their difference.
The phase splitter is a device that changes the phase of an AC signal, usually it produces an output of 90 and 180 degree phase shift from input.
A phase inverter is a device that produces two outputs having 180 degree phase between them. So, there is not much difference.
@Abdul Malik Khan, so do they use the same schematic diagrams? because i asked my instructor if they were the same, he told me that they were not.
If you study the differences in phase splitter and phase inverters, the idea belongs to audio amplifier (http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/funwithtubes/Amp-Phase.html) , but you are doing something for the induction motor, so in my opinion you concentrate on the problem. Now a days, all of this is done through Power-bridge circuits(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_bridge), and the idea of changing phase through phase splitter is gone, unless you have a very big load.
@Abdul Malik Khan thank you so much! I will be using the reference you've sent me in making my project.