Parametrization of all ripple-free deadbeat controllers

Abstract

This paper is concerned with deadbeat control in sampled-data systems. Deadbeat control achieves finite-time settling (deadbeat settling) at sampling instants, but there may exist error called ripple “between” sampling instants even after the response is settled “at” sampling instants. The objective of this paper is to give a parametrization of all ripple-free deadbeat controllers (controllers which achieve deadbeat settling without ripple) in sampled-data systems. It is also shown that the following holds in general: minimum-time deadbeat control causes ripple when the pulse transfer function to be controlled has stable zeros.