New Smith Predictor Controller Design Using a Disturbance Observer

In this paper, a new Smith predictor controller for a disturbance adding to input side of a time delay plant is proposed. A disturbance observer is obtained to estimate an input disturbance and the new Smith predictor controller to eliminate the effects of a disturbance is designed using the disturbance observer. As a result, the proposed Smith predictor controller can make a steady state error for step input disturbance zero quickly. The effectiveness and the improved performance of the proposed system are verified by computer simulation.