OBSERVER-BASED STABILIZATION OF SYSTEMS WITH MONOTONIC NONLINEARITIES

We design an observer-based control law for a class of systems that include monotonic nonlinearities of the unmeasured states. Our observer results in nonlinear error dynamics which can be represented as the feedback interconnection of a linear system and a time-verying multivariable sector nonlinearity. The convergence of the estimation error is guaranteed by an observer matrix that renders the linear part passive, and is computable with LMI software. The feedback design is completed by combining the observer with a control law that renders the plant input-to-state stable with respect to the state estimation error.