Reference Signal Shaping for Closed-Loop Systems With Application to Seeking in Hard Disk Drives

摘要

An input shaping algorithm based on convex optimization techniques is presented for the design of reference and feedforward signals in a closed-loop discrete-time linear time-invariant system. The proposed algorithm allows closed-loop signals to be subjected to linear constraints on amplitude and rate of change. As an illustrative example the seeking process in a hard disk drive is investigated. The closed-loop system response to both shaped and non-shaped inputs are compared. The computational scheme was experimentally tested on a modified hard disk drive.