Stabilization of Delta Operator Systems with Actuator Saturation via an Anti-Windup Compensator

The design of an anti-windup controller for delta operator systems with time-varying delay and actuator saturation is addressed. By utilizing the input-output approach and three-term approximation, we first transform the original system into two equivalent interconnected subsystems. Then, by employing the scaled small-gain theorem, the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, and Wirtinger’s integral inequality, sufficient conditions for the synthesis of an anti-windup compensator are presented in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The estimated domain of attraction is maximized by an optimization algorithm. Numerical examples are studied to show the merits of the proposed technique.