Rendering the electromechanical valve actuator globally asymptotically stable

This paper presents a nonlinear controller based on Sontag's feedback to render the electromechanical valve actuator (EVA) globally asymptotically stable (GAS). Electromechanical valve actuators have received much attention recently due to their potential for improving the performance of the internal combustion engine. Various control schemes for the EVA have been proposed, however stability is often neglected due to the bounded motion of the EVA or proven based on a linearized plant model. Here, we demonstrate and prove that our controller renders the system GAS without any assumption of linearity.