An observer design is presented which makes use of bounds on the slope of system nonlinearities. Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for the feasibility of the design. A class of state feedback control laws are characterized which, when implemented with the observer states, ensure global asymptotic stability. One such certainty-equivalence design is illustrated on an active magnetic bearing example.
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Arcak et al. (2001) studied this question.