Modified dynamic anti-windup through deferral of activation.

SUMMARY We consider the dynamic anti-windup design problem for linear systems with saturating actuators. The basic idea proposed here is to apply anti-windup only when the performance of saturated system faces substantial degradation. We provide synthesis LMIs to obtain the gains of the dynamic anti-windup compensator in a structure that delays the activation of the anti-windup. Benefits of the proposed design method over the immediate activation of the anti-windup are demonstrated using a well-known example. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]