MINIMAL PERIODIC REALIZATIONS OF TRANSFER-MATRICES

Abstract

Periodic controllers designed based on the so-called lifting technique are usually represented by transfer matrices. Real-time operations require that the controllers be implemented as periodic systems. We study the problem of realizing an Nn(o) X Nn(i) proper rational transfer matrix as an n(i)-input n(o)-output N-periodic discrete-time system. We propose an algorithm to obtain periodic realizations which have a minimal number of states. The result can also be used to remove any redundant states that exist in a periodic system.