On finite time observer design for multicellular converter

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to estimate the capacitor's voltages by tacking the hybrid behavior of the multicellular converter into account. A nonlinear finite time observer is given in order to solve this problem. The stability and properties of the proposed homogeneous finite time observer are studied using Lyapunov theory. Our approach enables the stabilization of the observation errors in spite of the presence of perturbations. Simulations highlight the efficiency of the proposed strategy.