2. Transfer Function Definition
The transfer function is sometimes defined
as:
– The Laplace transform of the time impulse
response with zero initial conditions.
The development directly above is where this
definition comes from.
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3. Transfer Function
G(s) is called the transfer function, and
represents the input-output relation for a
given system in the s-domain.
The above equation is an important formula,
but note that it may not necessarily be the
easiest way to obtain the transfer function
from the state and output equations.
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5. Where,
A is an n-by-n matrix, b is a n-by-one vector,
c is a one-by-n vector, and d is a scalar.
Taking the Laplace transform of the state
and output equations, we get:
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11. Notion of Poles and Zeros
In the above, the transfer function G(s) was
found to be a fraction of two polynomials in s.
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12. The denominator, D(s), comes from the
determinant of (sI-A), which appears from
taking the inverse of (sI-A).
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13. Values of “s”
These values of s have the same importance
in the present discussion.
Values of s that make the numerator, N(s),
go to zero are called zeros since they make
G(s) = 0. Values of s that make the
denominator, D(s), go to zero are called
poles; they make G(s) = ¥.
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16. Realization condition
The realization condition states that the order
of the numerator is always less than or equal
to the order of the denominator.
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