Gain-scheduled control of an electrostatic levitator

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Meister, T ^a   Werner, H ^b   Lohoefer, G ^a   Herlach, D M ^a   Unbehauen, H ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete time design; Electrostatic levitation; Extended Kalman filter; Gain scheduling; Integral action; Linear matrix inequalities; Pole region assignment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; KALMAN FILTERING; POSITION CONTROL;

ELECTROSTATIC LEVITATORS;

GAIN CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DESIGN; ELECTROSTATICS; SCHEDULING;

EID: 0037321875     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(02)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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