An analysis and design method for a class of nonlinear systems with nested saturations

This paper is concerned with the analysis and design of a class of nonlinear systems subject to nested saturations. The proposed controller incorporates both an extended state observer (ESO), which is utilised to estimate the nonlinear dynamics of the plant, as well as a set of observer-based feedbacks. We first present analysis results for systems with nonlinear ESOs and show that local stabilisation can be achieved in a region including the origin. Then, in the case that the ESO is in linear form (LESO), the conditions for determining the estimate of the domain of attraction of the resulting closed-loop system are formulated as a convex optimisation problem. A linear matrix inequality based algorithm is then established to design the feedback gains and the LESO gain. An illustrative example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.