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The open-loop transfer function of th e dual-stage parallel system is th e sum of
each path, i.e.,
G(z) = G
v
(z) + G
m
(z), (7.18)
G
v
(z) = P
v
(z)C
v
(z), (7.19 )
G
m
(z) = P
m
(z)C
m
(z). (7.20)
Note that a VCM actuator can be approximately represented by a double integrator
(i.e., k/s
2
) combined with some resonance modes and is often described by a strictl y
proper model. When G
m
(z) is str ictly proper, G(z) is also strictly proper and when
G
m
(z) is non- strictly proper, G(z) is non-strictly proper. I t can be concluded that
the Bode’s integral of the overall dual-stage loop is determined by the microactuator
loop. Only a non-strictly proper model of microactuator could possibl y produce a
“flat” sensitivity function for dual-st age servo systems. An additional condition for
the “flat” sensitivity is k
g
< −2 or k
g
> 0. These are necessary conditions and could
be used as a criterion to examine the closed-loop design.
In what follows, the di screte H
∞
loop shaping method will be applied to th e con-
trol designs of the VCM loop and t he microactuator loop such that the sensitivity
functions of the two loops are coupled and achieve a low-hump overall sensitivity.
The structure of the H
∞
loop shaping method is the same as in Figure 7.4. In the
discrete time case, Figure 7.4 is f ormulated as follows.
x(k + 1) = Ax(k) + B
1
w(k) + B
2
u(k), (7.21)
z(k) = C
1
x(k) + D
11
w(k) + D
12
u(k), (7.22 )
y(k) = C
2
x(k) + D
21
w(k) + D
22
u(k), (7.23 )
where
A =
A
p
0
B
w
C
p
A
w
, B
1
=
0
B
w
, B
2
=
B
p
B
w
D
p
C
1
=
D
w
C
p
C
w
, D
11
= D
w
, D
12
= D
w
D
p
,
C
2
=
C
p
0
, D
21
= 1, D
22
= D
p
,
(A
p
, B
p
, C
p
, D
p
) and (A
w
, B
w
, C
w
, D
w
) are respectively the state-space real-
izations of plant P (z) and weighting function W (z). Let (A
c
, B
c
, C
c
, D
c
) be a
state space description of C(z). An LMI approach stated in Chapter 5 will be used
to d esign the controller C(z) : (A
c
, B
c
, C
c
, D
c
).
7.4.2 An application example
The VCM actuator and the microactuator are the same as those in Case 2 in Section
7.3.2. Notice that the PZT microactuator is represented using a Pade-delay with two
2nd order resonance terms. The form (7.14) can be regarded as a general model of
PZT actuated suspensions. It is strictly proper and th us according to the analysis in