Technical Communique: Zeros of Continuous-time Linear Periodic Systems

  • Authors:
  • G.DE NICOLAO;G. FERRARI-TRECATE;S. PINZONI

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy;Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy;Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica, Università di Padova, Via Gradenigo 6/A, 35131 Padova, Italy and LADSEB-CNR, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Zeros of continuous-time linear periodic systems are defined and their properties investigated. Under the assumption that the system has uniform relative degree, the zero-dynamics of the system is characterized and a closed-form expression of the blocking inputs is derived. This leads to the definition of zeros as unobservable characteristic exponents of a suitably defined periodic pair. The zeros of periodic linear systems satisfy blocking properties that generalize the well-known time-invariant case. Finally, an efficient computational scheme is provided that essentially amounts to solving an eigenvalue problem.