Lead Compensation
Lead Compensation
A system which has one pole and one dominating zero (the zero which
is closer to the origin than all over zeros is known as dominating zero.)
is known as lead network. If we want to add a dominating zero for
compensation in control system then we have to select lead
compensation network.
The basic requirement of the phase lead network is that all poles and
zeros of the transfer function of the network must lie on (-)ve real axis
interlacing each other with a zero located at the origin of nearest
origin.
The lead compensator is an electrical network which produces a
sinusoidal output having phase lead when a sinusoidal input is
applied. The lead compensator circuit in the ‘s’ domain is shown in the
following figure.
Here, the capacitor is parallel to the resistor R1 and the output is
measured across resistor R2.
Where,
From the transfer function, we can conclude that the lead compensator
has pole at and zero at
Phase angle
The phase of the output sinusoidal signal is equal to the sum of the
phase angles of input sinusoidal signal and the transfer function.
So, in order to produce the phase lead at the output of this compensator,
the phase angle of the transfer function should be positive. This will
happen when 0<β<1. Therefore, zero will be nearer to origin in pole-zero
configuration of the lead compensator.