• DocumentCode
    1185530
  • Title

    The describing function for bounded nonlinearities

  • Author

    Blackmore, Denis

  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    5/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    442
  • Lastpage
    447
  • Abstract
    We consider an autonomous single-loop feedback system where the nonlinear element is assumed to be a continuous bounded function. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence and nonexistence of an oscillation of the system in terms of the describing function criterion. In addition to the qualitative existence results, error bounds on some pertinent oscillation parameters are computed. A graphical procedure is developed to aid in the application of these results.
  • Keywords
    Feedback systems; Functional analysis; Nonlinear circuits and systems; Nonlinear systems; Costs; Feedback; Frequency; Functional analysis; Hilbert space; Mathematics; Nonlinear equations; Sufficient conditions; Transforms; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-4094
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCS.1981.1085005
  • Filename
    1085005