an inverter-based apparatus according to the present disclosure, Figure 3 is a block diagram of an inverter-based apparatus provided according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 4 is a flow chart of operation implemented by an active-voltage-limiter unit of the inverter-based apparatus illustrated in Figure 3, Figure 5 is a block diagram of an inverter-based apparatus provided according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 6 is a flow chart of operations implemented by an active voltage limiter unit of the inverter-based apparatus illustrated in Figure 5. Configurations shown in embodiments enumerated in the present specification and the drawings are just exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, and it should be understood that there are various modified examples capable of replacing the embodiments of the present specification and the drawings at the time of filling the present application. The present invention has proved to be particularly advantageous when applied to a laundry-treating machine, such as laundry washing machines, as described below. It should be understood that although the invention is described with reference to a laundry washing machine, other applications are contemplated. As can be appreciated, the present invention can be conveniently applied to other laundry-treating machines, ike for example laundry washing and drying machines (called also washer/dryers). With reference to Figures 1 and 2, reference number 100 indicates as a whole a home laundry-treating machine, which is configured to perform a laundry treating washing program selectable by a user via a control panel 102 among a number of prefixed laundry treating washing programs. The home laundry-treating machine 1 comprises: a preferably, though not necessarily, substantially parallelepiped- shaped, rigid outer boxlike casing 103, which is structured for resting on the floor; a preferably substantially cylindrical, bell-shaped hollow washing tub 101 (Fig. 2), which is arranged inside the boxlike casing 103 with its opening or mouth directly facing a laundry loading/unloading pass-through opening realized in the front wall of boxlike casing 103.