Title
On The Design And Synthesis Of Limit Cycles Using Switching Linear Systems
Abstract
This article deals with the design and synthesis of limit cycles for a class of switched linear systems. This work is motivated by an application in the context of electrical networks, but the methodologies can be applied in other engineering fields as well. Several methods for the design and synthesis of limit cycles are presented. Based on a monodromy matrix associated with a periodically switched system, a design method and two feedback strategies are developed. The first strategy is based on linear feedback design using pole placement. The second strategy is based on the observation that certain state-dependent switching strategies can be implemented by means of a simple nonlinear output feedback controller. Advantages of this latter strategy are not only the ease with which the switching strategy can be implemented, but also the fact that classical techniques may also be used to ascertain the stability of the resulting limit cycle. Our next contribution is the development of a novel frequency domain-based approach to limit cycle design. This approach is based on the observation that the existence of certain limit cycles can be deduced from an infinity of circle criteria generated by a family of periodic systems. By making use of recent results, this observation can be used to develop a one-parameter spectral search to deduce the approximate frequencies of feasible limit cycles. Having selected a frequency of oscillation, one may then make use of the aforementioned nonlinear elements to realise a switching strategy that generates a stable limit cycle with given frequency and amplitude. Examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the approaches presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1080/00207170903490672
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL
Keywords
Field
DocType
limit cycles, electrical networks, switched systems, Lur'e systems, describing functions
Frequency domain,Describing function,Nonlinear system,Feedback controller,Linear system,Control theory,Full state feedback,Limit cycle,Control engineering,Monodromy matrix,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
83
5
0020-7179
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.44
5
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ivo Boniolo1306.23
P. Colaneri29420.76
P. Bolzern39917.69
M. Corless426749.21
Robert Shorten529360.79