SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol.36, No.6, 1940-1961, 1998
Integral control of infinite-dimensional linear systems subject to input saturation
Closing the loop around an exponentially stable single-input single-output regular linear system, subject to a globally Lipschitz and nondecreasing actuator nonlinearity and compensated by an integral controller, is shown to ensure asymptotic tracking of constant reference signals, provided that (a) the steady-state gain of the linear part of the plant is positive, (b) the positive integrator gain is sufficiently small, and (c) the reference value is feasible in a very natural sense. The class of actuator nonlinearities under consideration contains standard nonlinearities important in control engineering such as saturation and deadzone.
Keywords:LOW-GAIN CONTROL;DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER-SYSTEMS;MULTIVARIABLE PI-CONTROLLERS;SERVOMECHANISM PROBLEM;ROBUST CONTROLLER;UNBOUNDED CONTROL;STABILITY;SEMIGROUPS;OPERATORS;TRACKING