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Home / Undergraduate Programs / Courses / Automatic Control

ECE 441A

Automatic Control

Fall
Required Course:
No

Course Level

Undergraduate

Units

3

Prerequisite(s)

ECE 340

Course Texts

Dorf, R.C., and R.H. Bishop. Modern Control Systems. 12th ed. Prentice Hall, 2011.

Reference: Doyle, John, Bruce Francis and Allen Tannenbaum. Feedback Control Theory (PDF). MacMillan Publishing, 1990. Online.

Schedule

150 minutes lecture per week

Course Description

Linear control system representation in time and frequency domains, feedback control system characteristics, performance analysis and stability, and design of control.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Model – via differential equations or transfer functions – electrical, mechanical and electromechanical dynamical systems
  2. Linearize a set of nonlinear dynamical equations
  3. Create a second-order model from a system's step response
  4. Construct all-integrator block diagrams from a transfer function, a set of differential equations, or a state-space representation and vice versa
  5. Compute a state transition matrix from a system matrix
  6. Describe -- in terms of percent overshoot -- settling time, steady-state error, rise-time or peak-time how the poles of a second-order continuous-time system influence the transient response
  7. Translate design specifications into allowable dominant pole locations in the s-plane
  8. Calculate a system's steady-state error and how the steady-state error can be influenced via system parameter changes
  9. Construct and interpret the Routh array.
  10. Determine the stability of a closed-loop system
  11. Calculate a system's sensitivity with respect to different parameters
  12. Sketch the root locus associated with a transfer function
  13. Design analog controllers using root locus techniques
  14. Design an analog PID controller to meet design specifications
  15. Calculate the phase margin and gain margin of a system from its frequency response (Bode plots)
  16. Design analog controllers using Bode plot techniques
  17. Design full-state feedback gains to achieve acceptable closed-loop behavior

Course Topics

  • System modeling (chapter 2)
  • System descriptions and manipulation (chapters 2 and 3)
  • Feedback system characteristics (chapter 4)
  • System performance (chapter 5) and stability (chapter 6)
  • Root locus analysis (chapter 7) and controller design (chapter 10)
  • Bode plot analysis (chapter 8) and controller design (chapter 10)
  • PID controller design (chapter 12)
  • State feedback design (chapter 11)

Relationship to Student Outcomes

ECE 414A contributes directly to the following specific electrical and computer engineering student outcomes of the ECE department:

  • Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering (high)
  • Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (medium)
  • Ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints, such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability (low)
  • Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (medium)
  • Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems (medium)
  • Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice (high)

Syllabus Prepared By

Greg Ditzler, 03/07/16
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