CPE 403
Control Systems
2
Course Description
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. state examples of simple control systems;
2. state and explain different stability criteria and compensation methods for linear control
systems; and
3. discuss non-linear control systems and their characteristics.
Course Outline
Basic concepts and examples of control systems; Feedback, Time response analysis, concept
of stability, Routh-Hurwitz criterion; Root-locus techniques, Frequency-response analysis,
Polar and Bode plots, Nyquist stability criteria. Nichol’s chart, compensation techniques;
introduction to non-linear systems.