Predictive Control of Non-minimum Phase Motor with Backlash in an Earth Station Antenna

In this paper, generalized predictive control (GPC) algorithm is implemented to control an Earth station antenna with a non-minimum phase motor. Nonlinear term in motors caused by gearbox or other parts is modeled by a backlash block. Simulation results show the effectiveness of GPC method for robust control in the presence of backlash nonlinearity without a priori knowledge about upper and lower bounds of backlash. Also, adaptation mechanism as a self tuning predictive control is used to conquer environment changing.