Course: EE323 – Digital Control Systems

School of Engineering & Physics

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Final Examination
Semester 2 2019

(F2F Mode)

Duration of Exam: 3 hours + 10 minutes

Reading Time: 10 minutes

Writing Time: 3 hours

Instructions:
1. This paper has two sections:
Section A: Answer all questions are compulsory (Q1-Q7) (80 marks)
Section B: Answer any 2 questions out of 4 (Q8-Q11 ) (20 marks)
Total 100
2. This exam is worth 50% of your overall mark. The pass mark is 40/100.
3. Where applicable, state all assumptions with clear justifications.
4. Write your answers in the answer booklet provided.
5. Start each question on a new page.
6. Unless otherwise stated, all other symbols have their usual meanings.
7. Only non-programmable calculators are permitted.
8. Closed book
 Section A:
Answer all questions (80 Marks)
Q1 Find the inverse Z-transform of equation (partial Fraction method) : 10 M

2 +
=
−1 −2

Q2 The system as shown in Figure 1, assuming that = find the 10 M

A and B such that the system has ts95%=2s and overshoot=5% for
Ts= 0.01s when the input is a unit step.

Figure 1.

Q3 Compute the actuation error E(s) = R(s)-B(s) system shown in Figure 2, 15 M

when the input is unit step, Ts=1s.

Figure 2.

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Q4 Find the stable range of the gain for the unity feedback digital control 15 M
system of the analog plant transfer function with step input and sample
period is 0.05 s (shown in Figure 3).

= , C z = ZOH
+ 10

Figure 3.

Q5 Convert the discrete state space representation into discrete transfer 10 M

function

1 0 1 0
+1 = " + "#
1 4 0 1
$ = 11

Q6 Consider the system below 10M

1 3 0
+1 = " + "#
1 4 1
$ = 10

With the observer

& +1 = +' (& +$
a. Is the system observable?
b. Find the gain L to have a deadbeat response for the observation error
dynamics.
Q7 For the state-space representation below: 10M
i. Find the transfer function in a controllable canonical form
ii. Find controllable gain K to have the poles at -0.5, and 0.5

) +1
=
* + + 1.3

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 Section B:
Answer any 2 questions out of 4 (20 M )

Q8 Convert the continuous LTI state space to discrete LTI state space, using 10M
ZOH method with ,- = 1 .
1 4 0
. / = " / + "# /
2 4 1
$ / = 1 −1 /

Q9 Determine the stability of the following discrete time system (with Jury 10M
stability criterion):
1
∆ = − 1.2 + 0.07 + 0.3 − 0.08 = 0

Q10 Derive the transfer function Y(z)/X(z) of the block diagram as shown in 10 M
7 898/; 7 <898/;
Figure 4. With Ts=0.05s ; 456 = = ; >=
.

5
FOH +3

Figure 4.

Q11 Consider the system shown in Figure 5 obtained the closed loop pulse 10 M
transfer function C (z)/R(z), also obtain the expression for C(z).

Figure 5.

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