Handout 15: Describing functions, Introduction Eric Feron March 31, 2004 General Philosophy General reponse of arbitrary nonlinear systems is somewhat complicated. We usually know the systems we work with. Work with finite families of 'most likely
Handout 12: Plants with right half-plane zeros Eric Feron March 15, 2004 The worst of all (but they exist)! Example: The Star Market vs. Home Depot dilemma Star Market cart: Casters mounted under cart front. used to steer cart rear deviation y from reference lane
Handout 8: Lead compensation Eric Feron March 1, 2004 Lead Compensation goals: Raise phase( gain) at high frequen cies while not touching low-frequency system's characteristics: Can extend bandwidth of system. Canonical lead element:
Handout 3: Gain and Phase Margins for unstable systems Eric Feron Feb9,2004 Gain and Phase Margins exist for all systems, including the unstable ones Examplel