Control Systems EE 302 Instructors:Debraj Chakraborty &

Department of Electrical Engineering Dwaipayan Mukherjee Date: 8th Feb

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2022

Duration: 1 hour Quiz-1 Total marks: 40 points

Notes & instructions:

• If a method has been asked to be used in a question, then marks will be awarded only
upon using that particular method.
• If you are sure a question has ambiguity and/or needs clarification, then assume
appropriately, state and justify your assumption and then proceed to solve the problem
with that assumption.
• Attempt all questions (in any order).

d(t)
r(t) + ea(t) + y(t) Standard feedback configuration
C(s) G(s)
- + for Questions 4 and 5.
H(s)

1. Determine if the following two systems are linear/nonlinear, time invariant/time-varying,

static/dynamic, causal/non-causal. Provide brief justifications for your answer in each
case.
(a) y(t) = 2tr(t) + 3r(t − 3)
(b) ẍ(t) + x(t) = r(t); y(t) = 7x(t) + 2ẋ(t), t ≥ 0 [2+2]
2. For the system in qn. 1(b) above, assume zero initial conditions. If possible, design
bounded inputs (i.e. ∃M ∈ R s.t. |r(t)| < M ∀t), such that
(a) y(t) → ∞ as t → ∞
(b) y(t) → 0 as t → ∞
(c) limt→∞ y(t) does not exist [2+2+2]

Z1(s) Z2(s)

3. Consider the circuit in the adjoining figure.

V1(s) Z3(s) Z4(s) V2(s)

(a) Derive the transfer function between V1 (s) and the output V2 (s) for this circuit.
(b) Design, if possible, Zi (s) for i = 1, 2, 3, 4 with passive circuit elements such that the
step response of the transfer function in part (a) meets the following specifications:

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1. rise time < 1 sec.

2. settling time < 5 sec
3. % overshoot < 20%

If you cannot meet all the specifications, then try to meet the maximum number of
specifications as closely as possible.
[3+(2+2+3)]

4. Consider the standard feedback configuration shown in the figure above (top of the
question paper). A servo with a tachometer feedback can be modelled with G(s) =
1
s(1+τ s)
, H(s) = 1 + kt s, C(s) = kp . Assume d(t) = 0.
(a) Determine the system type and relevant (finite and non-zero) error constant with
respect to suitable reference input(s).
(b) How does increasing the value of kt > 0 (with kp held to a constant value) affect the
% overshoot?
(c) How does increasing the value of kt > 0 (with kp held to a constant value) affect the
closed loop stability? [6+2+2]

5. (a) Consider a plant whose transfer function is G(s) = 15 with a PI controller

(s + 3)(s + 5)
C(s) of the form C(s) = kp + ksi (as in the standard feedback control configuration shown
at the top of this paper with H(s) = 1). Use Routh-Hurwitz table to obtain the region
in the kp -ki plane that leads to closed loop stability.
(b) Is it possible to stabilize the closed loop system with kp < 0? Justify your answer
based on your answer to part (a) above. [8+2]

EE 302 End of Quiz 1 q-paper