'Flat phase' PID controllers

Mitchell, R.J. (2008) 'Flat phase' PID controllers. In: UKACC International Conference on Control 2008, Manchester, UK.

Abstract/Summary

Flat Phase PID Controllers have the property that the phase of the transfer function round the associated feedback loop is constant or flat around the design frequency, with the aim that the phase margin and overshoot to a step response is unaffected when the gain of the device under control changes. Such designs have been achieved using Bode Integrals and by ensuring the phase is the same at two frequencies. This paper extends the ‘two frequency’ controller and describes a novel three frequency controller. The different design strategies arc compared.