Γ-passive System and Its Phase Property and Synthesis

In this paper the concept of passivity is generalized from the viewpoint of the rate of energy dissipation, introducing a new supply rate with an index /spl gamma/. A stabilizability result for nonlinear systems is obtained using the argument of the supply rate and the dissipative inequality. In the case of linear systems, it is shown that the index /spl gamma/ can be used as a measure of phase of transfer functions, which provides a phase curve shaping method. A stability result of a feedback system involving a /spl gamma/-positive real system is also obtained and its effectiveness is shown by an example. Finally, a design method of /spl gamma/-passive system is discussed using a bilinear transformation of nonlinear systems, called Cayley-transform.

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