Stable, robust tracking by sliding mode control (Q1119233)

Sliding mode control is examined from the perspective of obtaining stable and robust tracking of an arbitrary time-varying reference by a multi- input-output, linear, time-invariant system driven by a certain class of bounded errors, nonlinearities and disturbances. Most existing sliding mode schemes for such systems are subsumed by the one presented here. The results are developed via the use of inverse models, and make clear the constraints imposed by the finite and infinite zero structure of the system. In particular, stable and robust tracking is shown to be obtained by the scheme in this paper if and only if the system is minimum phase.