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Unit –I

2 Marks

1. What is sampled data control system?

2. Draw the basic digital control scheme.
3. List the advantages of digital control system.
4. Define sampling theorem.
5. What is Nyquist rate?
6. What is periodic sampling?
7. What are hold circuits?
8. What is zero order hold?
9. Define acquisition aperture and settling time.
10. What is hold mode drop
11. What is multi rate sampling?
12. What is truncated quantization?
13. What is round off quantization?
14. Derive the relation between s-plane and Z plane.
15. What is the resolution of a 3 bit ADC with 5V as a reference?
16. Draw the truncation quantization curve for the 3 bit ADC with 10V as a reference?
17. What is acquisition time?
18. What is aperture time?
19. What is hold mode droop?
20. Write the mathematical model of the sample and hold process.
21. List the main component of A/D conversion process.
22. List the main component of D/A conversion process.

16 Marks

1. Explain the sample and hold operation and also derive the digital equivalent for zero
order hold.
2. With a neat sketch the principle of signal conversion in digital control.
3. Obtain the Z transform of

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where a is constant.

4. Obtain the Z transform of K3.

5. Obtain the Z transform of t2 e-at
6. Obtain the Z transform of the following x(k):

X(k) = 9k (2k-1)-2k+3, K=0,1,2…..

Assume that x(k)=0 for k<0.

7. Find the inverse z transform of

8. Given the z transform of

. Determine the initial and final values of x(k).

9. Obtain the inverse z transform of using inverse

integral method

10. Obtain the inverse z transform of in a closed form.

11. By using inversion integral method, obtain the inverse z transform of

12. Consider a transfer function system

Obtain the pulse transfer function by two different methods

13. Obtain the Z transform of

Use the residue method and the method based on impulse response function.
14. Obtain the Z transform of

Obtain the pulse transfer function for the system shown in fig.
U(S) Y(S)
ZOH
T=0.1sec
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15. Consider the difference equation System

Where Y (0) = 0. Obtain the response y(k) when the input x(k) is a unit step sequence

16. Consider the difference equation System

Where Y (k) = 0 for k<0. Obtain the response y(k) when the input x(k) is a unit step
sequence .

17. Consider the System described by

Where x (k) is the input and y (k) is the output of the system. Determine the
weighting sequence of the system. Assuming that Y (k) = 0 for k<0. Obtain the response y(k)
when the input x(k) is a unit step sequence .

Unit –II

2 Marks

1. What is BIBO stability?

2. What is asymptotic stability?
3. Write the stability conditions in the z-plane.
4. List the methods available to analyze the stability of the system.
5. List the necessary conditions for stability using Jury stability method.
6. List the condition for stability in Routh-hurwitz table.
7. Mention the inference when any one of the row is zero in the routh table.
8. Mention the inference when any one of the column is zero in the routh table.
9. How to determine the marginal stability using Jury method.
10. Mention the rule for the existence of real axis segment in the root locus.
11. Give the formulae to find the asymptotic path to reach infinite pole/zero.

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12. What are the necessary conditions to be satisfied for the stability of sampled data control
system?
13. How many rows are formed in jury’s table and what are the sufficient conditions to be
checked from the table for stability?
14. What is bilinear transformation?
15. How to find the crossing of unit circle in the root locus.

16 Marks

1. Discuss in detail about jury stability criteria with mathematical description.

2. Examine the stability of the characteristics equation
3. Find the range K, the open loop pulse transfer function with sampling time T=1sec
(0.3679z+0.2642)/(z-0.3679)(z-1) to be stable using jury stability test..
4. Determine whether or not any of the roots of the characteristic equation
lie outside the unit circle using bilinear transformation.
5. Find the stability using root locus for the range K when T=1Sec, 2Sec, 4Sec

r(t) c(t)
∑
T

ZOH Plant

6. Discuss in detail about Nyquist stability criteria.

Unit –III

2 Marks

1. What are the advantages of state space analysis?

2. What are the drawbacks in transfer function model analysis?
3. State and state variable.
4. Draw the block diagram representation of state model.

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5. Draw the signal flow graph representation of state model.

6. What are the basic elements used to construct the state diagram?
7. Write the discrete state equation.
8. Draw the state diagram of discrete state space equation.
9. Define controllability.
10. Define observability.
11. List the different canonical representation.
12. Write the properties of state transition matrix.
13. Write the solution of homogenous state equation.
14. Write the solution of non-homogenous state equation
15. What is resolvant matrix?
16. What are the different methods available for computing eAt?
17. Write the state model of nth order discrete time system.
18. Write the necessary condition for pole placement design.
19. Write the state feedback control law.
20. List the different type of realization.
21. Mention the drawback of cascade realization.

16 Marks

1. Obtain the different state space representation of the of pulse transfer function

2. Find the state variable model of the difference equation

and also obtain the companion forms of the system.
3. Derive the solution for discrete state space equation.
4. Obtain the state transition matrix of the discrete system

Where

5. Calculate

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6. Obtain the discrete state and output equation of the system and pulse transfer function of
the following continuous time system

7. Determine the suitable state feedback gain matrix for the system

Where

to place a closed loop poles at

8. Discuss in detail about Lyapunov stability analysis.

UNIT-IV

2 Marks

1. List out the procedures involved in the design of digital control system.

2. What is meant by direct synthesis procedure?

3. What is meant by iterative design procedure?

4. What are the two methods of designing a digital control system?

5. What is compensation?

6. What is cascade compensation?

7. What are the factors to be considered for choosing series or shunt/feedback

compensation?

8. What is lag compensation?

9. What is lead compensation?

10. What is lead-lag compensation?

11. How the digital control system design is carried using root locus?

12. What is the information that can be obtained from frequency response plots?

13. List the modifications included in the Indu

14. Give the advantages of digital PID controller.

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16 Marks

1. Write short notes on the design of digital control system.

2. The controlled plant of a unity feedback system is It is specified that

velocity error constant of the system be equal to 20, while the damping ratio of the
dominant roots be 0.707. Design a suitable cascade compensation scheme to meet the
specification.

3. The forward path transfer function of a certain unity feedback system is given by
Design a suitable lag compensator so that the system meets the

following specifications.

a) Maximum overshoot, Mp <16% for unit step input

b) Steady state error < 0.125 for unit ramp input.

4. Design a lead compensator for a unity feedback system with open loop transfer function,
to satify the following specifications.

a) Velocity error constant, Kv > 50.

b) Phase margin is > 200

5. Consider a unity feedback system whose open loop transfer function,

Design a lag-lead compensator to meet the following specifications.

a) Velocity error constant, Kv = 80.

b) Phase margin, γ > 350.
6. Consider the feedback control system shown in fig.

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e(t) e(k)
u(k) u*(t)

r(t) y(t)
D(z) Gh0(s) G (s)
T T

Compensator ZOH Plant

Gh0(s)

The plant is described by the transfer function Design a digital control

using frequency response plot for the system to meet the following specifications.
a) Velocity error constant, Kv > 10.
b) Peak overshoot Mp to step input < 25 % and
c) Settling time ts (2% tolerance band) < 2.5 sec.
7. Consider the feedback control system shown in fig.
e(t) e(k)
u(k) u*(t)

r(t) y(t)
D(z) Gh0(s) G (s)
T T

Compensator ZOH Plant

Gh0(s)

The plant is described by the transfer function Design a digital control

using root locus plot for the system to meet the following specifications.
d) Velocity error constant, Kv = 6.
e) Peak overshoot Mp to step input < 15 % and
f) Settling time ts (2% tolerance band) < 5 sec.
8. Discuss in detail about PID controller and its design.

UNIT-V

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2 Marks

1. List the two approaches for the design of digital algorithms.

2. Write the model of an A/D converter.
3. Write the model of an D/A converter.
4. What are the main controller units in industrial controllers?
5. What are the functions in temperature control loop in an air-flow system?
6. Draw the block diagrams of temperature control system.
7. Draw the block diagrams of digital positioning system.
8. List the different types of induction motor.

16 Marks

1. Discuss in detail about implementation of control algorithms with an example.

2. With neat sketch explain in detail about the digital speed control of a motor.
3. Explain in detail about the microprocessor based temperature control for air flow system.
4. Elaborate the interfacing of stepping motors to microprocessors.
5. Discuss in detail about the implementation of control algorithms in digital positioning
system.

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