Fault detection based on higher-order sliding mode observer for a class of switched linear systems

This study considers the fault detection problem for a class of switched linear systems when the observer matching condition is not satisfied. Without using decoupling transformations, a residual signal, based on reduced order sliding mode observers, is introduced for the detection of faults which occur on the continuous part of the system. Two numerical simulations on the cascade multicellular converter and on the boost converter illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed fault detection scheme.