Mixed H2/H∞ Data-Driven Control Design for Hard Disk Drives

A frequency based data-driven control design considering mixed H
₂
/H
_∞
control objectives is developed for multiple input-single output systems. The main advantage of the data-driven control over the model-based control is its ability to use the frequency response measurements of the controlled plant directly without the need to identify a model for the plant. In the proposed methodology, multiple sets of measurements can be considered in the design process to accommodate variations in the system dynamics. The controller is obtained by translating the mixed H
₂
/H
_∞
control objectives into a convex optimization problem. The H
_∞
norm is used to shape closed loop transfer functions and guarantee closed loop stability, while the H
₂
norm is used to constrain and/or minimize the variance of signals in the time domain. The proposed data-driven design methodology is used to design a track following controller for a dual-stage Hard Disk Drive (HDD), based on the sensitivity decoupling structure.