Transfer Function
Purpose
Model linear time-invariant system as transfer function
Library
Control / Continuous
Description
The Transfer Function models a linear time-invariant system that is expressed in
the Laplace domain in terms of the argument :
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Parameters
- Numerator coefficients
- A vector of the
term coefficients
for the numerator, written in descending order of powers of s. For example, the numerator
would be entered as [1,0,2,0].
The output of the Transfer Function is vectorizable by entering a matrix for the numerator. - Denominator coefficients
- A vector of the
term coefficients
for the denominator, written in descending order of powers of
.
Note The order of the denominator (highest power of) must be greater than or equal to the order of the numerator.
- Initial condition
- The initial condition vector of the internal states of the Transfer
Function in the form
. The initial conditions must be specified for the controller normal form, depicted below for the the transfer function
where
For the normalized transfer function (with
and
) this simplifies to
and
.
Probe Signals
- Input
- The input signal.
- Output
- The output signal.