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pade
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11pade
Purpose Compute the Padé approximation of models with time delays
Syntax [num,den] = pade(T,N)
pade(T,N)
sysx = pade(sys,N)
sysx = pade(sys,NI,NO,Nio)
Description pade approximates time delays by rational LTI models. Such approximations
are useful to model time delay effects such as transport and computation
delays within the context of continuous-time systems. The Laplace transform
of an time delay of seconds is . This exponential transfer function
is approximated by a rational transfer function using the Padé approximation
formulas [1].
[num,den] = pade(T,N) returns the Nth-order (diagonal) Padé approximation
of the continuous-time I/O delay in transfer function form. The row
vectors
num and den contain the numerator and denominator coefficients in
descending powers of . Both are
Nth-order polynomials.
When i nvoked without output arguments,
pade(T,N)
plots the step and phase responses of the Nth-order Padé approximation a nd
compares them with the exact responses of the model with I/O delay
T.Note
that the Padé approximation has unit gain at all frequencies.
sysx = pade(sys,N) produces a delay-free approximation sysx of the
continuous delay system
sys. All delays are replaced by their Nth-order Padé
approximation. See “Time Delays” on page 2-45 for details on LTI models with
delays.
T
sT
–()
exp
sT
–()
exp
s