Stabilization of linear input delayed dynamics under sampling

For continuous-time linear time-invariant systems with an arbitrarily large constant pointwise delay in the inputs, we propose a new construction of exponentially stabilizing sampled control laws. Stability is achieved under an assumption on the size of the largest sampling interval. The proposed design is based on an adaptation of the two main results of the reduction model approach. The stability of the closed loop systems is proved through a Lyapunov functional of a new type.