A "mixed" small gain and passivity theorem in the frequency domain

Wynita M. Griggs, Brian D.O. Anderson, Alexander Lanzon

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Abstract

We show that the negative feedback interconnection of two causal, stable, linear time-invariant systems, with a "mixed" small gain and passivity property, is guaranteed to be finite-gain stable. This "mixed" small gain and passivity property refers to the characteristic that, at a particular frequency, systems in the feedback interconnection are either both "input and output strictly passive"; or both have "gain less than one"; or are both "input and output strictly passive" and simultaneously both have "gain less than one". The "mixed" small gain and passivity property is described mathematically using the notion of dissipativity of systems, and finite-gain stability of the interconnection is proven via a stability result for dissipative interconnected systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)596-602
Number of pages7
JournalSystems and Control Letters
Volume56
Issue number9-10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dissipative systems
  • Finite gain
  • Linear systems
  • Passivity
  • Stability

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