Synthesis of switched dynamic controllers: application to mechanical systems and CD-CD power converters

Author(s)

Grace Silva Deaecto

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação
• Defense date: 2010-08-27

Examining board members

José Cláudio Geromel; Felipe Miguel Pait; Liu Hsu; João Bosco Ribeiro do Val; Rafael Santos Mendes

• Advisor: José Cláudio Geromel

Abstract

This thesis is concerned to the output feedback H2 or H? control design for continuous-time and discrete-time switched linear systems. Initially, we present the state feedback synthesis in order to put in evidence the main difficulties we have to face towards the solution of the more realistic output feedback control design problem. The conditions are necessary and sufficient regarding the existence of a structured solution of the Lypunov or Riccati-Metzler inequalities. We also treat the state feedback synthesis for switched linear systems subject to norm bounded or polytopic uncertainties. In the former case, the conditions hold even if the uncertainty presents the linear fractional structure (LFT), and in the latter one, the conditions can be used as an alternative to the linear parameter varying control (LPV). The theoretical results are applied to three practical problems, namely, the output voltage regulation of DC-DC converters, the vertical stroke estimation in automotive suspensions and aircraft roll angle control (AU)