Arbitrary pole assignment using dynamic compensators based on linear function observers

In this study, we propose a class of dynamic compensators based on linear function observers which achieve arbitrary pole assignment of the closed loop. The construction procedure directly utilizes Wang's algorithm (1992, 1996) for the static output feedback pole assignment problem, and the same technique can be applied to dual observers also. As a result, assuming the structure of either observer, the sufficient condition of the compensator's order is naturally derived. The condition is more transparent than the one proposed by Rosenthal and Wang (1996), and it is shown that both give the same minimal order under some mild assumptions.